Elastomeric hydrogels by polymerizing silicone...

Elastomeric hydrogels by polymerizing silicone microemulsions

Abstract

Robust, transparent elastomeric hydrogels encoded with a bicontinuous structure result from the sequential photopolymerization of the aqueous hydroxyethyl methacrylate phase and crosslinking of the silicone phase of a silicone microemulsion stabilized with an acrylate-functional silicone-poly(ethylene glycol) surfactant.

Authors

Brook MA; Whinton M; Gonzaga F; Li N

Journal

Chemical Communications, Vol. 47, No. 31, pp. 8874–8876

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Publication Date

August 21, 2011

DOI

10.1039/c1cc13331d

ISSN

1359-7345

Associated Experts

Michael Adrian Brook

Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Science

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