04618nam 22012973a 450 991036756740332120250203235429.09783039213443303921344X10.3390/books978-3-03921-344-3(CKB)4100000010106072(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/40225(ScCtBLL)a1be5f74-54f1-4f04-a9ed-65020f4442bf(OCoLC)1163850396(oapen)doab40225(EXLCZ)99410000001010607220250203i20192019 uu engurmn|---annantxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAdvancements in Gel Science-A Special Issue in Memory of Toyoichi TanakaMasayuki TokitaMDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute2019Basel, Switzerland :MDPI,2019.1 electronic resource (178 p.)9783039213436 3039213431 A gel is a state of matter that consists of a three-dimensional cross-linked polymer network and a large amount of solvent. Because of their structural characteristics, gels play important roles in science and technology. The science of gels has attracted much attention since the discovery of the volume phase transition by Professor Toyoichi Tanala at MIT in 1978. MDPI planned to publish a Special Issue in Gels to celebrate the 40th anniversary of this discovery, which received submissions of 13 original papers and one review from various areas of science. We believe that readers will find this Special Issue informative as to the recent advancements of gel research and the broad background of gel science.delaminationfractal analysisbucklingartificial hydrogel cartilagefrictional propertykinetic coefficientpaint coatingscaling analysismoving boundary pictureXRDvolume phase transitionfracturefatiguecrackgelation temperaturexerogelswelling of thermosensitive gelscopolymerizationphase transition dynamicswettingpoly (acryl amide) gelswellingsucroseanisotropic shapeice crystallization during rewarmingmicropipette aspirationmicrogelcrosslink density (density of crosslinks)hydrogelSephadex® (crosslinked dextran)sol-gel transitionthermoresponsive propertycompressionBrunauer-Emmett-Teller theorymonomer sequencemicrocrystalliteswelling behaviormicrometric confinementwearlight scatteringX-ray CTco-crosslinkingelectrophoresisgelhysteresisice graineffects of electric chargephase separationacrylamide derivativeBarrett-Joyner-Halenda analysistemperaturexylitolagarose gelspinodal temperatureglassy waterchemical gelblood coagulationpoly(vinyl alcohol)pulse field gradient spin echo method of nuclear magnetic resonance (PFG-NMR)time domain reflectometry (TDR) of dielectric spectroscopysite-bond correlated-percolation model for polymer gelationspinodal decompositionadhesionjanus particlewrinklefrictioncloud point temperaturedryinggamma ray sterilizationsolvent exchangesolids contentsolvent transportheterogeneous gelation dynamicsPVA gelhydrogen bondTokita Masayuki1328951ScCtBLLScCtBLLBOOK9910367567403321Advancements in Gel Science-A Special Issue in Memory of Toyoichi Tanaka3645503UNINA