Collapse of Gels in an Electric Field
Abstract
An infinitesimal change in electric potential across a polyelectrolyte gel produces a discrete, reversible volume change. The volume of the collapsed gel can be several hundred times smaller than that of the swollen gel.
- Publication:
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Science
- Pub Date:
- October 1982
- DOI:
- 10.1126/science.218.4571.467
- Bibcode:
- 1982Sci...218..467T