Scaling analysis of the concentration dependence on elasticity of agarose gel

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1618-1622

  Fujii, Tomoyuki ^a   Yano, Toshimasa ^a   Kumagai, Hitoshi ^a   Miyawaki, Osato ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Agarose gel; Correlation length; Dynamic shear modulus; Percolation; Scaling law

Indexed keywords

SEPHAROSE;

ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; ELASTICITY; LIGHT; RADIATION SCATTERING; THEORETICAL MODEL;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELASTICITY; LIGHT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SEPHAROSE;

EID: 0034251913     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.64.1618     Document Type: Article

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