Abstract:A time-dependent understanding of swelling characteristics and external stimuli behavior is crucial for the development and understanding of functional hydrogels. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) offers the opportunity to study three-dimensional (3D) soft materials nondestructively. This technique is already widely used as an image-based medical diagnostic tool and is applied here to evaluate complex structures of a hydrogel—a double network of chemically crosslinked casein enhanced with alginate—fabricated by… Show more
“…43 The critical requirement of water purication materials is super hydrophilicity and wetting behaviors. 44 As exhibited in Fig. 3e, by recording the dynamic water droplet wetting behavior at room temperature, we investigate the wetting properties of the hydrogel with different components.…”
Section: Mechanical and Wettability Characterization Of The Pnipam/ C...mentioning
The passive solar-driven hydrogel (PNIPAm/CMC/CMCNT hydrogel) can absorb and release water via hydrophilic/hydrophobic switching at the lower critical solution temperature (LCST)—a temperature (≈32 °C) readily achieved using natural sunlight.
“…43 The critical requirement of water purication materials is super hydrophilicity and wetting behaviors. 44 As exhibited in Fig. 3e, by recording the dynamic water droplet wetting behavior at room temperature, we investigate the wetting properties of the hydrogel with different components.…”
Section: Mechanical and Wettability Characterization Of The Pnipam/ C...mentioning
The passive solar-driven hydrogel (PNIPAm/CMC/CMCNT hydrogel) can absorb and release water via hydrophilic/hydrophobic switching at the lower critical solution temperature (LCST)—a temperature (≈32 °C) readily achieved using natural sunlight.
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