Abstract
In order to find a hydrogel that has good properties for use in microvalve actuators experiments have been conducted to find a hydrogel composition that has good swelling behavior and shows a discontinuous volume transition.
During the experiments a number of N-isopropylacrylamide (NIPA) and acrylamide (Am) hydrogels were synthesized with varying amounts of the comonomer acrylic acid (AA). The swelling behavior of these hydrogels was characterized by measuring the swelling in acetone/water mixtures with varying concentrations acetone.
During the experiments a number of N-isopropylacrylamide (NIPA) and acrylamide (Am) hydrogels were synthesized with varying amounts of the comonomer acrylic acid (AA). The swelling behavior of these hydrogels was characterized by measuring the swelling in acetone/water mixtures with varying concentrations acetone.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Micro Total Analysis Systems 2000 |
Subtitle of host publication | Proceedings of the µTAS 2000 Symposium, held in Enschede, The Netherlands, 14–18 May 2000 |
Editors | Albert van den Berg, Wouter Olthuis, Piet Bergveld |
Place of Publication | Enschede |
Publisher | Kluwer Academic Publishers |
Pages | 175-178 |
Number of pages | 4 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 978-94-017-2264-3 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-0-7923-6387-3, 978-90-481-5496-8 |
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Publication status | Published - 14 May 2000 |