Understanding of hydrogel network formation and its application in the architecture of significantly enhanced hydrogel Xiong, J. Y., Liu, X. Y., Li, J. L. and Wang, R. Y. 2006, Understanding of hydrogel network formation and its application in the architecture of significantly enhanced hydrogel, Applied physics letters, vol. 89, pp. 1-3, doi: 10.1063/1.2338007. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads li-understanding-2006.pdf Published version application/pdf 872.19KB 245 Title Understanding of hydrogel network formation and its application in the architecture of significantly enhanced hydrogel Author(s) Xiong, J. Y. Liu, X. Y. Li, J. L. orcid.org/0000-0003-0709-2246 Wang, R. Y. Journal name Applied physics letters Volume number 89 Start page 1 End page 3 Publisher American Institute of Physics Place of publication New York, N.Y. Publication date 2006 ISSN 0003-6951 1077-3118 Summary An understanding of the physical hydrogel network formation has been obtained by dynamic rheological experiments. The evidence shows that the network formation turns out to be a nucleation-controlled process. It was found that there exists a critical temperature Tc; fiber branching is greatly enhanced when the network formation is performed in the regime of T<Tc (T, the final setting temperature). This finding enables the authors to build significantly enhanced gel networks. So far G′ (elastic modulus) of the hydrogel network has been enhanced by 187% while the formation period can be greatly shortened to only 1/20 of the previous process. Language eng DOI 10.1063/1.2338007 Field of Research 091205 Functional Materials 030603 Colloid and Surface Chemistry Socio Economic Objective 970110 Expanding Knowledge in Technology HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2006, American Institute of Physics Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30039267 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Centre for Material and Fibre Innovation Open Access Collection GTP Research Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Mon, 24 Oct 2011, 14:15:06 EST Thu, 27 Oct 2011, 13:30:40 EST Thu, 27 Oct 2011, 13:32:10 EST Thu, 27 Oct 2011, 13:32:43 EST Fri, 05 Oct 2012, 09:26:00 EST Fri, 10 Jan 2014, 13:24:10 EST Fri, 13 Jun 2014, 11:20:57 EST Tue, 06 Sep 2016, 17:35:14 EST Tue, 05 Dec 2017, 10:53:36 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 15:33:05 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 8 times in TR Web of Science Cited 8 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 727 Abstract Views, 245 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 24 Oct 2011, 14:15:06 EST