Irradiation of chitosan

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 282-290

  Lim, Lee Yong ^a   Khor, Eugene ^a   Koo, Otilia ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

irradiation; Chitosan; Films; Main chain scission; Network structure

Indexed keywords

CHITOSAN; COPOLYMER; BIOMATERIAL; CHITIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE;

ANOXIA; ARTICLE; DEACETYLATION; GAMMA IRRADIATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; RADIATION; TENSILE STRENGTH; VISCOSITY; CHEMISTRY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; GAMMA RADIATION; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

GAMMA RAYS; GLASS TRANSITION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PLASTIC FILAMENTS; PLASTIC FILMS; POLYSACCHARIDES; STERILIZATION (CLEANING); TENSILE STRENGTH; VISCOSITY;

CHITOSAN;

BIOMATERIALS;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; CHITIN; CHITOSAN; GAMMA RAYS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; STERILIZATION;

EID: 0031595954     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4636(199823)43:3<282::AID-JBM9>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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