Microstructure of poly(vinyl alcohol) hydrogels produced by freeze/thaw cycling

Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 24, 1999, Pages 3438-3454

  Willcox, P Jeanene ^a   Howie Jr , Douglas W ^a   Schmidt Rohr, Klaus ^a   Hoagland, David A ^a   Gido, Samuel P ^a   Pudjijanto, Stephanus ^b   Kleiner, Lothar W ^b   Venkatraman, Subbu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b ALZA CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; CRYSTALLIZATION; DECOMPOSITION; FREEZING; GELATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; POLYVINYL ALCOHOLS; POROSITY; THAWING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

FREEZE/THAW CYCLING;

HYDROGELS;

EID: 0033279716     PISSN: 08876266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0488(19991215)37:24<3438::AID-POLB6>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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