Hydrogels prepared by electron irradiation of poly(ethylene oxide) in water solution: Unexpected dependence of cross-link density and protein diffusion coefficients on initial PEO molecular weight

Biomaterials

Volumn 17, Issue 15, 1996, Pages 1547-1550

  Kofinas, Peter ^a   Athanassiou, Vassiliki ^a   Merrill, Edward W ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross link density; Diffusion coefficient; Hydrogels; Poly(ethylene oxide)

Indexed keywords

CROSSLINKING; DIFFUSION; ELECTRON BEAMS; HEMOGLOBIN; ION BOMBARDMENT; IRRADIATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; SOLUTIONS;

CHAIN RADICALS; CROSSLINK DENSITY; CYTOCHROME C; HYDROXYL RADICALS; PROTEIN DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; RADIOLYSIS; WATER SOLUBLE POLYMERS;

HYDROGELS;

CYTOCHROME C; HEMOGLOBIN; MACROGOL; WATER;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CROSS LINKING; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; HYDROGEL; IONIZING RADIATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030222231     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0142-9612(96)89781-X     Document Type: Article

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