Figure 5
From: Hydrogels with self-assembling ordered structures and their functions
A liquid-crystalline physical hydrogel with thermoresponsive shrinkage triggered by a mesophase transition. (a) Phase diagram of poly(11CBA-co-AA)s on the basis of the 11CBA content (F11CBA) and water content (wH2O) (F11CBA = (11CBA)/[(11CBA)+(AA)]. (b) Temperature dependence of the wide-angle X-ray diffraction azimuthal scan for the poly(11CBA-co-AA) hydrogel fiber. The heating thermogram measured by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) is also shown. (c) Temperature dependence of the ratio of fiber length to the original length of the poly(11CBA-co-AA) hydrogel fiber, oriented and unoriented. Adapted from Refs 64 (© 2000 ACS) and 66 (© 2004 ACS).
