Chitosan-alginate films prepared with chitosans of different molecular weights

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 358-365

  Yan, Xiao Liang ^a   Khor, Eugene ^a   Lim, Lee Yong ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Chitosan alginate PEC film; Cytotoxicity; Molecular weight; Surface morphology; Water vapor transmission; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; POLYELECTROLYTES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

WATER VAPOR;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ALGINIC ACID; CHITOSAN; CHITOSAN ALGINATE; DESICCANT; POLYELECTROLYTE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOMEDICINE; CRYSTAL; CYTOTOXICITY; ENCAPSULATION; FIBROBLAST; FILM; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SOLUBILITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; WATER PERMEABILITY; WATER VAPOR;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOPOLYMERS; CHITIN; CHITOSAN; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT;

EID: 0034947531     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.1029     Document Type: Article

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