Figure 6
From: Smart gating membranes with in situ self-assembled responsive nanogels as functional gates
Mechanical properties of membranes.
(a) Typical tensile stress versus tensile strain curves of membranes, in which “V-0” and “L-0” stand for membranes prepared by VIPS and LIPS respectively with nanogel content being 0% and “V-1” and “L-1” for nanogel content being 4.25%, “V-2” and “L-2” for nanogel content being 8.50%, “V-3” and “L-3” for nanogel content being 12.75% and “V-4” and “L-4” for nanogel content being 17.00%. (b) Effect of nanogel content on the tensile strength at break (σb) of membranes. (c) Typical tensile stress versus tensile strain curves of membranes prepared with different conditions. (d) Effects of preparation conditions on the tensile strength at break (σb) of membranes. (e) Effect of nanogel content on the relative density (ρ*/ρs) of membranes, in which ρ* and ρs represent bulk density and true density respectively. (f) Comparison of calculated tensile strength at break (σb) of membranes from equation (1) with experimental data. Error bars indicate standard deviation, n = 5.
