Open AccessCover Image, Volume 57, Issue 22
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of polymer science part a: polymer chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.768
H-Index - 152
eISSN - 1099-0518
pISSN - 0887-624X
DOI - 10.1002/pola.29159
Subject(s) - cover (algebra) , self healing hydrogels , itaconic acid , polymerization , polymer science , polymer , volume (thermodynamics) , acrylic acid , computer science , materials science , polymer chemistry , chemical engineering , physics , composite material , engineering , mechanical engineering , thermodynamics , monomer , copolymer
In their work presented on page 2214, Irfan and colleagues report a series of pH‐sensitive hydrogels synthesized via frontal polymerization. The authors utilized several methods, including FTIR, DSC, SEM, dynamic mechanical analysis, and swelling measurements to characterize the synthesized hydrogels. The cover image shows several SEM images of the compact and uniform porous microstructures of the synthesized hydrogels. It was discovered that the hydrogel morphologies are largely dependent on itaconic acid/acrylic acid weight ratios. (DOI: 10.1002/pola.29502 )