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Cover Image, Volume 132, Issue 28
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.42295
Subject(s) - self healing hydrogels , cover (algebra) , polyacrylamide , volume (thermodynamics) , polymer science , aqueous solution , polymer , materials science , citation , computer science , nanotechnology , composite material , chemistry , polymer chemistry , physics , world wide web , mechanical engineering , engineering , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics
Incorporation of biofillers in polymeric hydrogels has received great attention in recent times because of their distinct mechanical, optical, and electronic properties at a low loading of nanoscale fillers, as compared to their counterparts. Ahmad. A. Adewunmi, Suzylawati Ismail, and Abdullah. S. Sultan use polyacrylamide and polyethyleneimine to develop novel composite hydrogels filled with date seed powder via chemical crosslinking technique. These new hydrogels have potential in wastewater treatment and removal of heavy metal ions in aqueous solutions. The SEM images on the cover show the surface micrographs of crosslinked polyacrylamide hydrogels with and without the date seed powder. (DOI: 10.1002/app.42110 )