Stimulus-responsive gel material
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsSatomi Yoshioka, Hiroshi Yagi, Jiro Kato
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Abstract
A stimulus-responsive gel material includes: a polymeric material containing as constituent components, a first monomer having a chemical structure represented by the following formula (1) and a second monomer having higher hydrophobicity than the first monomer; fine particles having an average particle diameter of 10 nm or more and 1000 nm or less; and a solvent, wherein the wavelength of a reflected light from the material changes according to the concentration of salt to come in contact with the material. In the formula (1), R is a substituent containing at least a carbon atom and a hydrogen atom, and when the number of carbon atoms in R is denoted by n and the number of oxygen atoms in R is denoted by m, n-m is an integer of 3 or more.
Claims7
A stimulus-responsive gel material, comprising:
- a polymeric material containing as constituent components, a first monomer and a second monomer having higher hydrophobicity than the first monomer;
- fine particles having an average particle diameter of 10 nm or more and 1000 nm or less;
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- a solvent,
- wherein the wavelength of a reflected light from the material changes according to the concentration of salt to come in contact with the material, and
- the first monomer is either diacetoneacrylamide or N, N-diethylacrylamide.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.