Grafting of sodium alginate with poly (N-isopropylacrylamide) chains. Study of the thermothickening behavior

• Main Author: Ciocoiu, Oana Nicoleta
• Other Authors: Στάικος, Γεώργιος
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: Sodium alginate; Thermothickening; PNIPAM; Αλγινικό οξύ; Μελέτη θερμικής συμπεριφοράς; Πολυ (Ν -ισοπροπυλακρυλαμίδιο); 547.782

Designing new materials with improved or tailored properties is one of the main goals of the chemists. Two common ways are mainly used to get a material with improved or new properties: blending or chemical synthesis. Chemical synthesis is an unlimited method to get new substances with well-defined...