Self-Assembly of Colloidal Nanocomposite Hydrogels Using 1D Cellulose Nanocrystals and 2D Exfoliated Organoclay Layers

Takumi Okamoto; Avinash J. Patil; Tomi Nissinen; Stephen Mann

doi:10.3390/gels3010011

Gels (Mar 2017)

Self-Assembly of Colloidal Nanocomposite Hydrogels Using 1D Cellulose Nanocrystals and 2D Exfoliated Organoclay Layers

Takumi Okamoto,
Avinash J. Patil,
Tomi Nissinen,
Stephen Mann

Affiliations

Takumi Okamoto: Centre for Organized Matter for Chemistry and Centre for Protolife Research, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TS, UK
Avinash J. Patil: Centre for Organized Matter for Chemistry and Centre for Protolife Research, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TS, UK
Tomi Nissinen: Centre for Organized Matter for Chemistry and Centre for Protolife Research, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TS, UK
Stephen Mann: Centre for Organized Matter for Chemistry and Centre for Protolife Research, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TS, UK

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/gels3010011
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3, no. 1
p. 11

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Stimuli-responsive colloidal nanocomposite hydrogels are prepared by exploiting non-covalent interactions between anionic cellulose nanocrystals and polycationic delaminated sheets of aminopropyl-functionalized magnesium phyllosilicate clays.

Published in Gels

ISSN: 2310-2861 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Science: Chemistry: Inorganic chemistry; Science: Chemistry: General. Including alchemy
Website: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/gels

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