Alginate polycation microcapsules: II. Some functional properties

Biomaterials

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1069-1079

  Thu, Beate ^a   Bruheim, Per ^a   Espevik, Terje ^a   Smidsrød, Olav ^a   Soon Shiong, Patrick ^b   Skjåk Bræk, Gudmund ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b VivoRx Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Alginate; Functional properties; Insulin; Microcapsules; Swelling; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

GELS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERIC MEMBRANES; SWELLING;

ALGINATE GEL ENCAPSULATION; ALGINATE POLYCATION MICROCAPSULES; OSMOTIC SWELLING; SWELLING CAPACITY;

BIOMATERIALS;

ALGINIC ACID; CARBOXYL GROUP; POLYCATION;

ARTICLE; BINDING KINETICS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENCAPSULATION; MECHANICS; MICROCAPSULE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030175377     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0142-9612(96)85907-2     Document Type: Article

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