Anomalous increase in modulus upon hydration in random copolymers with hydrophobic segments and hydrophilic blocks

The polymers with hydrophilic moieties typically become soft upon hydration. Here we report an exception to this rule. The modulus was found to increase upon water uptake in polymers in which hydrophilic poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) segments were incorporated randomly into a chain of hydrophobic segm...

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Main Authors: Kohn, J., Bedoui, F., Luk, A., Bolikal, D., Murthy, N. S., Widjaja, Leonardus Kresna
Other Authors: School of Materials Science & Engineering
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2013
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/96573
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/10347
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English
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