JOURNAL ARTICLE

A facile approach to prepare strong poly(acrylic acid)/LAPONITE® ionic nanocomposite hydrogels at high clay concentrations

Juan DuJinlong ZhuRonglan WuShimei XuYun TanJide Wang

Year: 2015 Journal:   RSC Advances Vol: 5 (74)Pages: 60152-60160   Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry

Abstract

Based on the thixotropy of acrylic acid/LAPONITE® dispersion, a series of mechanically strong ionic poly(acrylic acid)/LAPONITE® nanocomposite hydrogel with high clay concentration were successfully prepared without any additional dispersing monomers.

Keywords:
Self-healing hydrogels Nanocomposite Acrylic acid Chemical engineering Ionic bonding Materials science Polymer chemistry Chemistry Polymer Composite material Copolymer Organic chemistry Ion

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