A Simple Method of Interpretating the Effects of Electric Charges on the Volume Phase Transition of Thermosensitive Gels

Hiroshi Maeda; Shigeo Sasaki; Hideya Kawasaki; Rie Kakehashi

doi:10.3390/gels4010024

A Simple Method of Interpretating the Effects of Electric Charges on the Volume Phase Transition of Thermosensitive Gels

Gels. 2018 Mar 19;4(1):24. doi: 10.3390/gels4010024.

Authors

Hiroshi Maeda¹, Shigeo Sasaki², Hideya Kawasaki³, Rie Kakehashi⁴

Affiliations

¹ Professor Emeritus, Kyushu University, 46-6 Kashii 3-chome, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 813-0011, Japan. maeda@chem.kyushu-univ.jp.
² Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Kyushu University, Motooka 744, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan.
³ Faculty of Chemistry, Materials and Bioengineering, Kansai University, 3-3-35 Yamate-cho, Suita 564-8680, Japan. hkawa@kansai-u.ac.jp.
⁴ Osaka Research Institute of Industrial Science and Technology, 1-6-50 Morinomiya, Joto-ku, Osaka 536-8553, Japan. rie@omtri.or.jp.

Abstract

Various apparently inconsistent experimental observations have been reported on the effects of electric charges on the volume phase transition of thermosensitive gels. A simple method of interpretating these results is presented.

Keywords: effects of electric charge; swelling of thermosensitive gels; volume phase transition.