Inhomogeneous alginate gel spheres: An assessment of the polymer gradients by synchrotron radiation-induced x-ray emission, magnetic resonance microimaging, and mathematical modeling

Biopolymers

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 60-71

  Thu, Beate ^a   Gåserød, Olav ^a   Paus, Didrik ^a   Mikkelsen, Arne ^a   Skjåk Bræk, Gudmund ^a   Toffanin, Renato ^b   Vittur, Franco ^c   Rizzo, Roberto ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b Area Science Park Padriciano 99   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calcium alginate gels; Dialysis; Magnetic resonance microimaging; Microcapsules; Polymer concentration; Polymer gradient; X ray flourescence spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ALGINATE;

ARTICLE; GEL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POROSITY; X IRRADIATION; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ALGINATES; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; DIFFUSION; GELS; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS; KINETICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICROSPHERES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; SYNCHROTRONS;

EID: 0033989104     PISSN: 00063525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0282(200001)53:1<60::AID-BIP6>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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