This review shows that the measurement of viscoelastic properties is a powerful tool in the study of thermoreversible gels. Although many conclusions may be drawn about network development and its structure, it is also shown that the use of additional techniques (e.g. small angle S-ray and neutron scattering techniques and optical rotation) and the combination with thermodynamics and network models, widens the insight in the crosslinking process and the gel structure temendously. A general Introduction is followed by eight Chapters concerning synthetic polymers (PVC, PVAL, PMMA, PS, PAN, PE, ABA blockcopolymers and LCP's) and four Chapters concerning biopolymers (gelatin, agarose, carrageenans and gellan gum).

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Book Title: Thermoreversible Networks
Book Subtitle: Viscoelastic Properties and Structure of Gels
Authors: K. Nijenhuis
Series Title: Advances in Polymer Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0008699
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1997
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-14795-5Published: 23 August 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-70731-8Published: 21 September 2007
Series ISSN: 0065-3195
Series E-ISSN: 1436-5030
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 267
Number of Illustrations: 49 b/w illustrations
Topics: Polymer Sciences, Condensed Matter Physics

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