Mercury intrusion porosimetry, nitrogen adsorption, and scanning electron microscopy analysis of pores in skin

Biomacromolecules

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 899-904

  Nishad Fathima, N ^a   Dhathathreyan, Aruna ^a   Ramasami, T ^a  

^a CENTRAL LEATHER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; MERCURY; NITROGEN;

ADSORPTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEATING; NONHUMAN; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SKIN ATROPHY; SKIN PERMEABILITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE; ANIMAL; CATTLE; DEHYDRATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HISTOLOGY; PERMEABILITY; SKIN; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA;

ADSORPTION; ANIMALS; CATTLE; COLLAGEN; DEHYDRATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; MERCURY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NITROGEN; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; SKIN;

EID: 1842833966     PISSN: 15257797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bm025541q     Document Type: Article

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