Abstract
A polyrotaxane gel having a polyethylene glycol (PEG) chain with large molecular weight and sparsely populated with α-cyclodextrins was synthesized. In this gel, the polymer chains with bulky end groups are neither covalently cross-linked like chemical gels nor do they interact like physical gels. The nanoscale heterogeneity in the structure and stress can be automatically equalized in the gel.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 485-487 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Advanced Materials |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue number | 7 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Apr 4 2001 |
| Externally published | Yes |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Materials Science(all)
- Mechanics of Materials
- Mechanical Engineering