Gel shrinking resulting from uneven distribution of ionic micelles between the inside and the outside of the polymer gel network

Effect of crosslinking concentration on

Effect of crosslinking concentration on the micelle formation inside the polymer gel network and mechanical properties of sensitive hydrogel polymer in contact with surfactant solutions

✍ A. Mounir; N. Darwish; A. Shehata 📂 Article 📅 2004 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 86 KB 👁 2 views

## Abstract The variation of the swelling and mechanical properties of crosslinked nonionic poly (__N__‐isopropylacrylamide) (NIPA) polymer gel immersed in tetradecyl dimethylaminoxide (C14DMAO) surfactant solutions at 0.1__M__ NaCl, synthesized at different crosslinker concentrations was investiga