Polymer gels and networks / edited by Yoshihito Osada, Alexei R. Khokhlov.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Osada, Yoshihito.

Khokhlov, A. R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Polymer colloids.

Polymer networks.

Physical Description:

ix, 381 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Marcel Dekker, [2002]

Contents:

Part A. Process and Formation of Gels

1. Cascade Formalism Applied to Network Formation in Organic/Inorganic Hybrid Gel Films / Hiroshi Urakawa, Yuko Ikeda, Yoshiaki Yuguchi, Kanji Kajiwara, Yoshitaka Hirata, Shinzo Kohjiya 1

2. Thermoreversible and Irreversible Physical Gels from Biopolymers / David R. Picout, Simon B. Ross-Murphy 27

3. Reversible (Physical) Gelation in the Solutions of Associating Polyelectrolytes / Igor I. Potemkin, Alexei R. Khokhlov 47

4. Association in Polyelectrolyte-Catanionic Vesicle Systems: From Phase Behavior to Microstructure / Eduardo Marques, Rita Dias, Maria Miguel, Ali Khan, Bjorn Lindman 67

5. Metal Nanoparticle Formation in Polyelectrolyte Gels with Regular Microstructures / Lyudmila M. Bronstein, Dmitri I. Svergun, Alexei R. Khokhlov 103

Part B. Structure and Behaviors of Gels

6. Structure and Properties of Polyampholyte Gels / Giovanni Nisato, Sauveur Jean Candau 131

7. Polyelectrolyte/Ionomer Behavior of Polymer Gels / Olga E. Philippova, Alexei R. Khokhlov 163

8. Electrical Behaviors and Mechanical Responses of Polyelectrolyte Gels / Yoshihito Osada, Jian Ping Gong 177

9. Synchrotron X-Ray Scattering Study on Nanostructures of Polyelectrolyte Gel/Surfactant Complexes / Christian Burger, Shuiqin Zhou, Benjamin Chu 219

10. Structural and Dynamic Behavior of Polymer Gels as Elucidated by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / Isao Ando, Masatoshi Kobayashi, Chenhua Zhao, Shingo Matsukawa, Shigeki Kuroki 235

11. Electrical and Magnetic Field-Sensitive Smart Polymer Gels / Miklos Zrinyi, Denes Szabo, Genoveva Filipcsei, Jozsef Feher 309

12. Rhythmically Pulsing Gels Based on Chemomechanical Feedback Instability / Ronald A. Siegel, Gauri P. Misra, Anish P. Dhanarajan 357.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0824706692

OCLC:

48620248