Sclerox-chitosan co-gels: Effects of charge density on swelling of gels in ionic aqueous solution and in poor solvents, and on the rehydration of dried gels

Polymer Gels and Networks

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 471-492

  Guo, Bo ^a   Elgsaeter, Arnljot ^a   Christensen, Bjørn E ^a   Stokke, Bjørn T ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; CARBOXYLATION; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; CROSSLINKING; ELECTROSTATICS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; POLYELECTROLYTES; POLYSACCHARIDES; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOLUTIONS; SWELLING; VOLUME FRACTION;

CHITOSAN; POLYAMPHOLYTE; SCLEROX;

GELS;

EID: 0032271620     PISSN: 09667822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-7822(98)00037-9     Document Type: Article

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