Aggregation behavior of hydrophobically modified dextran in aqueous solution: A fluorescence probe study

Carbohydrate Polymers

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 137-143

  Vieira, Neide Aparecida Blaz ^a   Moscardini, Márcia Salomão ^a   De Oliveira Tiera, Vera Ap ^a   Tiera, Marcio José ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Critical aggregation concentration; Dextran; Fluorescence probe technique; Hydrophobically modified; Micropolarity

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SALTS; SOLUTIONS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

AGGREGATION CONCENTRATION;

AGGLOMERATION;

EID: 0037411880     PISSN: 01448617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0144-8617(03)00048-1     Document Type: Article

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