Advancements in Gel Science-A Special Issue in Memory of Toyoichi Tanaka

• Main Author: Tokita, Masayuki (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
• Subjects: delamination; n/a; fractal analysis; buckling; artificial hydrogel cartilage; frictional property; kinetic coefficient; paint coating; scaling analysis; moving boundary picture; XRD; volume phase transition; fracture; fatigue; crack; gelation temperature; xerogel; swelling of thermosensitive gels; copolymerization; phase transition dynamics; wetting; poly (acryl amide) gel; swelling; sucrose; anisotropic shape; ice crystallization during rewarming; micropipette aspiration; microgel; crosslink density (density of crosslinks); hydrogel; Sephadex® (crosslinked dextran); sol-gel transition; thermoresponsive property; compression; Brunauer-Emmett-Teller theory; monomer sequence; microcrystallite; swelling behavior; micrometric confinement; wear; light scattering; X-ray CT; co-crosslinking; electrophoresis; gel; hysteresis; ice grain; effects of electric charge; phase separation; acrylamide derivative; Barrett-Joyner-Halenda analysis; temperature; xylitol; agarose gel; spinodal temperature; glassy water; chemical gel; blood coagulation; poly(vinyl alcohol); pulse field gradient spin echo method of nuclear magnetic resonance (PFG-NMR); time domain reflectometry (TDR) of dielectric spectroscopy; site-bond correlated-percolation model for polymer gelation; spinodal decomposition; adhesion; janus particle; wrinkle; friction; cloud point temperature; drying; gamma ray sterilization; solvent exchange; solids content; solvent transport; heterogeneous gelation dynamics; PVA gel; hydrogen bond
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A gel is a state of matter that consists of a three-dimensional cross-linked polymer network and a large amount of solvent. Because of their structural characteristics, gels play important roles in science and technology. The science of gels has attracted much attention since the discovery of the vo...