Browsing by Author "Kitiri, Elina N."
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Book Chapter
Double-network Hydrogels Comprising an Ionic Amphiphilic Polymer First Co-network
Kitiri, Elina N.; Manouchou, Georgia; Patrickios, Costas S. (Royal Society of Chemistry, 2020)This chapter shows that the mechanical properties of amphiphilic polymer co-networks (APCNs) can be improved via interpenetration with a second hydrophilic polymer network, i.e. by employing the double-network (DN) hydrogel ...
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Double-networks based on interconnected amphiphilic “in–out” star first polymer conetworks prepared by RAFT polymerization
Kitiri, Elina N.; Varnava, Constantina K.; Patrickios, Costas S.; Voutouri, Chrysovalantis; Stylianopoulos, Triantafyllos; Gradzielski, Michael; Hoffmann, Ingo (2018)Double-network hydrogels were prepared using well-defined first networks comprising interconnected amphiphilic “in-out” star copolymers synthesized via sequential reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) ...
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Synthesis and characterization of robust double-networks based on end-linked, pH-responsive first networks
Kitiri, Elina N.; Rikkou-Kalourkoti, Maria D.; Sophocleous, Manolia; Patrickios, Costas S. (2015)Abstract Fragile, end-linked hydrophilic tertiary amine based methacrylate (first) networks were mechanically reinforced using the double-network principle, via the introduction of a polyacrylamide second network. Reinforcement ...