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Gels: Structures, Properties, and Functions

Fundamentals and Applications

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Table of contents (28 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
  2. Rheological Properties of Solutions of a Polyampholytic Block Copolymer

    • Tomomitsu Sekitani, Kenji Urayama, Manabu Tsuruta, Masahiko Mitsuzuka, Toshikazu Takigawa
    Pages 9-13
  3. Helix-Coil Transition and Association Behavior of Water-Soluble Polypeptides Having Hydrophobic Alkyl Side Chains

    • Katsuhiro Inomata, Tomokazu Takai, Noriyoshi Ohno, Yoshiaki Yamaji, Erina Yamada, Hideki Sugimoto et al.
    Pages 15-22
  4. Time-Dependent Flow Properties of Transient Hydrogels with Temporal Network Junctions

    • Isamu Kaneda, Tsuyoshi Koga, Fumihiko Tanaka
    Pages 31-37
  5. Stress Growth in Transient Polymer Networks under Startup Shear Flow

    • Tsuyoshi Koga, Fumihiko Tanaka, Isamu Kaneda
    Pages 39-45
  6. Self-assembling Structures and Sol-Gel Transition of Optically Active and Racemic 12-Hydroxystearic Acids in Organic Solvents

    • Hiroyuki Takeno, Tomomitsu Mochizuki, Kazuto Yoshiba, Shingo Kondo, Toshiaki Dobashi
    Pages 47-53
  7. The Effective Surface Roughness Scaling of the Gelation Surface Pattern Formation

    • T. Mizoue, M. Tokita, H. Honjo, H. J. Barraza, H. Katsuragi
    Pages 63-67
  8. Some Thoughts on The Definition of a Gel

    • Katsuyoshi Nishinari
    Pages 87-94
  9. Structural Transition of Non-ionic Poly(acrylamide) Gel

    • Sada-atsu Mukai, Hirohisa Miki, Vasyl Garamus, Regine Willmeit, Masayuki Tokita
    Pages 95-99
  10. Swelling Equilibrium of a Gel in Binary Mixed Solvents

    • Hirohisa Miki, Shin Yagihara, Sada-atsu Mukai, Masyuki Tokita
    Pages 101-105
  11. Revisit to Swelling Kinetics of Gels

    • Kenji Urayama, Naoki Murata, Shoji Nosaka, Masahiro Kojima, Toshikazu Takigawa
    Pages 107-112
  12. Effect of Residual Swelling Solvent on Nanopore Formation in Replication of Swollen Hydrogel Network

    • Ken-ichi Kurumada, Atsushi Suzuki, Emiko Otsuka, Susumu Baba, Youhei Seto, Keisuke Morita et al.
    Pages 113-119
  13. Influence of Heating Temperature on Cooking Curve of Rice

    • Kunio Nakamura, Atsuko Akutsu, Ayumi Otake, Hatsue Moritaka
    Pages 127-133

Editors and Affiliations

  • Graduate School of Sciences Dept. Physics, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

    Masayuki Tokita

  • Graduate School of Human Life Sciences Dept. Food and Human Health Sciences, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan

    Katsuyoshi Nishinari

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Gels: Structures, Properties, and Functions

  • Book Subtitle: Fundamentals and Applications

  • Editors: Masayuki Tokita, Katsuyoshi Nishinari

  • Series Title: Progress in Colloid and Polymer Science

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-00865-8

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2009

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-00864-1Published: 01 October 2009

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-26067-4Published: 14 March 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-00865-8Published: 08 October 2009

  • Series ISSN: 0340-255X

  • Series E-ISSN: 1437-8027

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 213

  • Number of Illustrations: 199 b/w illustrations, 11 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Polymer Sciences, Condensed Matter Physics, Physical Chemistry

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