Gels: Structures, Properties, and Functions

ItisagreatpleasureforustopresentacollectionofpapersreadattheToyoichiTanaka MemorialSymposiumonGelsheldon10-12September2008inTokyo. ProfessorToyoichi TanakaofMIThasdevelopedgelscienceafterthediscoveryofvolumephasetransition,but unfortunately he passed away so early in 2000. His friends and co-workers decided to organizeasymposiumcommemoratingthe30thanniversaryforthediscoveryofthevolume phasetransitionin1978. ThesymposiumwasheldinastyleofFaradayDiscussions. FullpaperswritteninJapanese weresentbeforehandtoalltheparticipants,anddiscussionswereactiveafterashort(5min) presentationofeachpaper. SinceJapaneselanguageisverydifferentfromEuropeanl- guages,weJapanesecouldspeakfreelywithoutanyhesitation. Althoughalltheparticipants are good at English as proved by their publication of many papers in English, yet the discussionofdelicatenuancescouldbedonebetterinJapanesethaninEnglish. Afterthesuccessfulsymposium,paperswritteninEnglishtakingintoaccountthedisc- sionsduringthesymposiumwerereviewedbyexpertscientists,andthepaperswererevised accordingly. We hope that this collection of papers is interesting and useful for all the scientistsandengineersworkingintheareaofgelsbothinacademiaandindustry. Finally, wethankallthecontributorsandreviewersfortheirenthusiasticefforts. Summer2009 MasayukiTokita KatsuyoshiNishinari v Contents StructureandFunctionalPropertiesofGels CompetitiveHydrogenBondsandCononsolvencyofPoly(N-isopropylacrylamide)s inMixedSolventsofWater/Methanol. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 FumihikoTanaka,TsuyoshiKoga,andFranc oiseM. Winnik RheologicalPropertiesofSolutionsofaPolyampholyticBlockCopolymer. . . . . . . . . . 9 TomomitsuSekitani,KenjiUrayama,ManabuTsuruta,Masahiko Mitsuzuka,andToshikazuTakigawa Helix-CoilTransitionandAssociationBehaviorofWater-SolublePolypeptides HavingHydrophobicAlkylSideChains. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 KatsuhiroInomata,TomokazuTakai,NoriyoshiOhno,YoshiakiYamaji, ErinaYamada,HidekiSugimoto,andEijiNakanishi EffectsofSurfactantsontheLinearRheologyofTelechelic AssociatingPolymers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 TsutomuIndei Time-DependentFlowPropertiesofTransientHydrogelswith TemporalNetworkJunctions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 IsamuKaneda,TsuyoshiKoga,andFumihikoTanaka StressGrowthinTransientPolymerNetworksunderStartup ShearFlow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 TsuyoshiKoga,FumihikoTanaka,andIsamuKaneda Self-assemblingStructuresandSol-GelTransitionofOptically ActiveandRacemic12-HydroxystearicAcidsinOrganicSolvents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 HiroyukiTakeno,TomomitsuMochizuki,KazutoYoshiba,ShingoKondo, andToshiakiDobashi TheGelPointandNetworkFormationinthePolymerisation ofanEpoxy-AmineSystemIncludingRingFormation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 YutakaTanaka,JohnL. Stanford,andRobert. F. T. Stepto TheEffectiveSurfaceRoughnessScalingoftheGelationSurface PatternFormation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 T. Mizoue,M. Tokita,H. Honjo,H. J. Barraza,andH. Katsuragi DiscontinuousGrowthofOnionStructureUnderShear. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 ShujiFujii vii viii Contents StudyonSelf-AssemblyofTelechelicHydrophobicallyModi?ed Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)inWater. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 TaisukeFujimoto,EmiYoshimoto,andMasahikoAnnaka SomeThoughtsontheDe?nitionofaGel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 KatsuyoshiNishinari SwellingofGels StructuralTransitionofNon-ionicPoly(acrylamide)Gel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Sada-atsuMukai,HirohisaMiki,VasylGaramus,Regine Willmeit,andMasayukiTokita

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This volume includes 28 contributions to the Toyoichi Tanaka Memorial Symposium on Gels which took place at Arcadia Ichigaya on September 10th-12th, 2008. The contributions from leading scientists cover a broad spectrum of topics concerning: Structure and Functional Properties of Gels - Swelling of Gels - Industrial and Biomedical Application.The symposium was held in the style of Faraday Discussions, which stimulated the active discussion. After the symposium, each manuscript was rewritten based on the discussion and the critical review. Since the research on gels is becoming more and more important both for academia and industry, this book will be an essential source of information.

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Competitive Hydrogen Bonds and Cononsolvency of Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)s in Mixed Solvents of Water/Methanol.- Rheological Properties of Solutions of a Polyampholytic Block Copolymer.- Helix-Coil Transition and Association Behavior of Water-Soluble Polypeptides Having Hydrophobic Alkyl Side Chains.- Effects of Surfactants on the Linear Rheology of Telechelic Associating Polymers.- Time-Dependent Flow Properties of Transient Hydrogels with Temporal Network Junctions.- Stress Growth in Transient Polymer Networks under Startup Shear Flow.- Self-assembling Structures and Sol-Gel Transition of Optically Active and Racemic 12-Hydroxystearic Acids in Organic Solvents.- The Gel Point and Network Formation in the Polymerisation of an Epoxy-Amine System Including Ring Formation.- The Effective Surface Roughness Scaling of the Gelation Surface Pattern Formation.- Discontinuous Growth of Onion Structure under Shear.- Study on Self-Assembly of Telechelic Hydrophobically Modified Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) in Water.- Some Thoughts on The Definition of a Gel.- Structural Transition of Non-ionic Poly(acrylamide) Gel.- Swelling Equilibrium of a Gel in Binary Mixed Solvents.- Revisit to swelling kinetics of gels.- Effect of Residual Swelling Solvent on Nanopore Formation in Replication of Swollen Hydrogel Network.- Swelling Properties of Physically Cross-linked PVA Gels Prepared by a Cast-drying Method.- Influence of Heating Temperature on Cooking Curve of Rice.- Effects of Thickness and Curvature on the Adhesion Properties of Cylindrical Soft Materials by a Point Contact Method.- Electrophoresis of Dyes and Proteins in Poly(Acrylamide) Gel Containing Immobilized Bilayer Membranes.- An Application of Microcapsules Having Enzyme-degradable Gel Membrane to Cell Culture.- Development of a Novel Hydrogel to Prevent Bacterial Infectious Diseases.- Effect of Particles Alignment on Giant Reduction in Dynamic Modulus of Hydrogels Containing Needle-Shaped Magnetic Particles.- Molecular Diffusion in Polysaccharide Gel Systems as Observed by NMR.- Chain Release Behavior of Gellan Gels.- Gel Formation of Recombinant Fibrinogen Lacking ?C Termini.- Dynamic Light Scattering Study of Pig Vitreous Body.- The Relationship Between the Changes in Local Stiffness of Chicken Myofibril and the Tenderness of Muscle During Postmortem Aging.