Low-temperature electron microscopy for the study of polysaccharide ultrastructures in hydrogels. II. Effect of temperature on the structure of Ca2+-alginate beads

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 253-259

  Serp, D ^a   Mueller, M ^b   Von Stockar, U ^a   Marison, I W ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alginate; Bioindicators; Structure; Temperature

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; HEAT TREATMENT; HYDROGELS; LOW TEMPERATURE OPERATIONS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYSACCHARIDES; SHRINKAGE; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CALCIUM ALGINATE BEADS;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CALCIUM ALGINATE; CALCIUM ION; DYE; POLYSACCHARIDE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HEATING; HYDROGEL; INCUBATION TIME; LOW TEMPERATURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMAL ANALYSIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ALGINATES; CHITIN; CHITOSAN; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYOPRESERVATION; FREEZING; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEAT; HEXURONIC ACIDS; HYDROGELS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSPHERES; PERMEABILITY; POLYSACCHARIDES; PRESSURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WATER;

EID: 0037026237     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.10287     Document Type: Article

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