Figure 8.
Summary of oscillatory rheology data from frequency sweep experiment for PAAm-ND (●, ○), PAAm-D (■, □), and PAAm (▲, △) equilibrated at pH 7.4. The starting Laponite wt% is the mass of Laponite in relation to the combined mass of the polymer and Laponite in the initial mixture of the nanocomposite. The filled and empty symbols represent G′ and G″, respectively. Values were taken from a frequency of 1 rad s−1 and a strain of 0.1. Within the same Laponite concentration, data points not linked by the same letters (a–c) are statistically different (p < 0.05).