Stimuli‐responsive polymer hydrogels containing partially exfoliated graphite |
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| Authors: | Valeria Alzari Alberto Mariani Orietta Monticelli Luca Valentini Daniele Nuvoli Massimo Piccinini Sergio Scognamillo Silvia Bittolo Bon Javier Illescas |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Chemistry, University of Sassari and local INSTM unit, Via Vienna 2, 07100 Sassari, Italy;2. Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, University of Genova, Via Dodecaneso 31, 16146 Genova, Italy;3. Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, University of Perugia, INSTM Research Unit, Strada di Pentima 4, 05100 Terni, Italy;4. Porto Conte Ricerche S.r.l., SP 55 km 8.400 Loc. Tramariglio, 07041 Alghero (Sassari), Italy;5. Instituto de Investigaciones en Materiales, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Exterior S/N, Ciudad Universitaria, C.P. 04510, México D.F. |
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| Abstract: | In this work, a new stimuli‐responsive composite polymer hydrogel containing partially exfoliated graphite was prepared by frontal polymerization. The materials obtained were characterized by differential scanning calorimetry, RAMAN, scan electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy, and in terms of swelling behavior. It was found that the maximum temperature reached by the polymerization front and the lower critical solution temperature are affected by the graphite content. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem, 2010 |
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| Keywords: | composites frontal polymerization hydrogels radical polymerization stimuli‐sensitive polymers swelling |
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