High-resolution topographic imaging of environmentally responsive, elastin-mimetic hydrogels

Macromolecules

Volumn 32, Issue 26, 1999, Pages 9067-9070

  McMillan, R Andrew ^a   Caran, Kevin L ^a   Apkarian, Robert P ^a   Conticello, Vincent P ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONFORMATIONS; CRYOGENICS; HIGH RESOLUTION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HYDRATION; LOW TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; MICROSTRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POLYPEPTIDES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ELASTIN-MIMETIC HYDROGELS; HIGH-RESOLUTION TOPOGRAPHIC IMAGING;

HYDROGELS;

EID: 12944288256     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma991119z     Document Type: Article

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