Liquid–liquid two-phase systems for the production of porous hydrogels and hydrogel microspheres for biomedical applications: a tutorial review

DL Elbert - Acta biomaterialia, 2011 - Elsevier
Macroporous hydrogels may have direct applications in regenerative medicine as scaffolds
to support tissue formation. Hydrogel microspheres may be used as drug-delivery vehicles …

Folding and formation of mesoglobules in dilute copolymer solutions

G Zhang, C Wu - Conformation-dependent Design of Sequences in …, 2006 - Springer
It is known that linear homopolymer chains can undergo a coil-to-globule-to-precipitation
transition when the solvent quality gradually changes from good to poor. It is also known that …

Classification of secondary relaxation in glass-formers based on dynamic properties

KL Ngai, M Paluch - The Journal of chemical physics, 2004 - pubs.aip.org
Dynamic properties, derived from dielectric relaxation spectra of glass-formers at variable
temperature and pressure, are used to characterize and classify any resolved or unresolved …

Supercooled dynamics of glass-forming liquids and polymers under hydrostatic pressure

CM Roland, S Hensel-Bielowka… - Reports on Progress …, 2005 - iopscience.iop.org
An intriguing problem in condensed matter physics is understanding the glass transition, in
particular the dynamics in the equilibrium liquid close to vitrification. Recent advances have …

Cooperative Hydration, Chain Collapse, and Flat LCST Behavior in Aqueous Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Solutions

Y Okada, F Tanaka - Macromolecules, 2005 - ACS Publications
Phase diagrams with very flat LCST phase separation line for aqueous poly (N-
isopropylacrylamide)(PNIPAM) solutions are theoretically derived on the basis of sequential …

The effects of hydrogen bonding upon the viscosity of aqueous poly (vinyl alcohol) solutions

B Briscoe, P Luckham, S Zhu - Polymer, 2000 - Elsevier
This paper describes the rheological properties of a number of aqueous solutions of a poly
(vinyl alcohol)(PVA) as a function of the degree of polymer hydrolysis, ambient temperature …

Structural studies of aqueous solutions of PEO-PPO-PEO triblock copolymers, their micellar aggregates and mesophases; a small-angle neutron scattering study

K Mortensen - Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 1996 - iopscience.iop.org
The structural characteristics of aqueous solutions of the Pluronic triblock copolymers of poly
(ethylene oxide)-poly (propylene oxide)-poly (ethylene oxide), PEO-PPO-PEO, and their self …

Thermodynamic scaling of the viscosity of van der Waals, H-bonded, and ionic liquids

CM Roland, S Bair, R Casalini - The Journal of chemical physics, 2006 - pubs.aip.org
Viscosities η and their temperature T and volume V dependences are reported for seven
molecular liquids and polymers. In combination with literature viscosity data for five other …

Pressure and temperature dependent viscosity of two glass forming liquids: glycerol and dibutyl phthalate

RL Cook, HE King Jr, CA Herbst… - The Journal of chemical …, 1994 - pubs.aip.org
The pressure and temperature dependent viscosities of two glass forming liquids, glycerol
and dibutyl phthalate (DBP), have been studied in the range P= 0–3 GPa, T= 0–125° C, and …

Thermodynamic interpretation of the scaling of the dynamics of supercooled liquids

R Casalini, U Mohanty, CM Roland - The Journal of chemical physics, 2006 - pubs.aip.org
The recently discovered scaling law for the relaxation times, τ (T, υ)= I (T υ γ)⁠, where T is
temperature and υ the specific volume, is derived by a revision of the entropy model of the …