Structural, elastic, and dynamic properties of swollen polymer networks

This article reviews some recent developments in the physics of gels, due to both new methods of synthesis and modern techniques for the study of microscopic properties of gels. The review consists of four major sections. In the first section, some of the recent methods of synthesis allowing to prepare labelled networks are described.

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