Poly(ethylene glycol) star polymer hydrogels

Macromolecules

Volumn 31, Issue 23, 1998, Pages 8149-8156

  Keys, Kelley Britton ^a   Andreopoulos, Fotios M ^b   Peppas, Nikolaos A ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMERIZATION; GAMMA RAYS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; SOLUTIONS; SWELLING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

HYPERBRANCHED POLYMERS;

HYDROGELS;

EID: 0032203638     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma980999z     Document Type: Article

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