Rheological study of the chitosan/glutaraldehyde chemical gel system

Polymer Gels and Networks

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 429-440

  Arguelles Monal W ^a,b   Goycoolea, P M ^b   Peniche, C ^a   Higuera Ciapara, I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA   (Cuba)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN ALIMENTACIÓN Y DESARROLLO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ALDEHYDES; AMINES; CROSSLINKING; HYDROPHOBICITY; POLYSACCHARIDES; RELAXATION PROCESSES; RHEOLOGY; YIELD STRESS;

CHITOSAN; GLUTARALDEHYDE;

GELS;

EID: 0032274707     PISSN: 09667822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-7822(98)00032-X     Document Type: Article

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