Preparation of macroporous poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) hydrogels by enhanced phase separation

Biomaterials

Volumn 21, Issue 21, 2000, Pages 2163-2169

  Liu, Qing ^a,b   Hedberg, Elizabeth L ^a   Liu, Zewen ^a   Bahulekar, Raman ^a   Meszlenyi, Rudolf K ^a   Mikos, Antonios G ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Phase separation; Poly(2 hydroxyethyl methacrylate); Porosity; Porous hydrogel

Indexed keywords

HYDROGELS; MORPHOLOGY; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYACRYLATES; POLYMERIZATION; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOLUTIONS; SWELLING; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

POLYHYDROXYETHYL METHACRYLATE;

BIOMATERIALS;

POLYMACON; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; HYDROGEL; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYMERIZATION; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WATER CONTENT;

CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; DESICCATION; ELASTICITY; HYDROGELS; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POLYHYDROXYETHYL METHACRYLATE; POLYMERS; POROSITY; SALINE SOLUTION, HYPERTONIC; SOLVENTS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WATER;

EID: 0034333722     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-9612(00)00137-X     Document Type: Article

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