Gels
(Mar 2018)
A Simple Method of Interpretating the Effects of Electric Charges on the Volume Phase Transition of Thermosensitive Gels
Hiroshi Maeda,
Shigeo Sasaki,
Hideya Kawasaki,
Rie Kakehashi
Affiliations
Hiroshi Maeda
Professor Emeritus, Kyushu University, 46-6 Kashii 3-chome, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 813-0011, Japan
Shigeo Sasaki
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Kyushu University, Motooka 744, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
Hideya Kawasaki
Faculty of Chemistry, Materials and Bioengineering, Kansai University, 3-3-35 Yamate-cho, Suita 564-8680, Japan
Rie Kakehashi
Osaka Research Institute of Industrial Science and Technology, 1-6-50 Morinomiya, Joto-ku, Osaka 536-8553, Japan
DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/gels4010024
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4,
no. 1
p.
24
Abstract
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Various apparently inconsistent experimental observations have been reported on the effects of electric charges on the volume phase transition of thermosensitive gels. A simple method of interpretating these results is presented.
Keywords
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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