title: Directional control of diffusion and swelling in megamolecular polysaccharide hydrogels.
abstract: Directional control of diffusion and swelling in megamolecular polysaccharide hydrogels is demonstrated by focusing on the anisotropic structures for water absorption. Due to the presence of a layered structure in the hydrogel, the directional control for diffusion parallel to the planar direction and swelling in the lateral direction are possible.
authors.affiliation: Research Area of Energy and Environment, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 1-1 Asahidai, Nomi, Ishikawa 923-1292, Japan. okeyoshi@jaist.ac.jp kaneko@jaist.ac.jp.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Joshi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Okeyoshi
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Okajima
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kaneko