Contrary hydration behavior of N-isopropylacrylamide to its polymer, P(NIPAm), with a lower critical solution temperature.
The number of hydrated water molecules per N-isopropylacrylamide in homogeneous aqueous solution was determined to be a constant with a value of 5-6 below and above the lower critical solution temperature, LCST (32 degrees C), of its polymer, poly(N-isopropylacrylamide), by high-frequency dielectric relaxation techniques.
Ono
Yousuke
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Shikata
Toshiyuki
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