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Nature Materials 6, 401 - 402 (2007)
doi:10.1038/nmat1908
Polyelectrolyte gels: Ionic partners split up
Ralph H. Colby1
- Ralph H. Colby is in the Department of Physics, New York University, 4 Washington Place, New York, New York 10003, USA. e-mail: andy.kent@nyu.edu
Abstract
Polyelectrolyte gels are currently used as superabsorbers for polar solvents, such as water. Designing them so that the polyelectrolyte chains and their counterions don't get too close to each other makes them useful for absorbing less-polar solvents, too.
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