Novel chitosan-alginate fibers for wound dressing applications

Annual Technical Conference - ANTEC, Conference Proceedings

Volumn 3, Issue , 2006, Pages 1386-1391

  Iwu, Chijioke F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alginate; Chitosan; Chitosan alginate fibre; Wound dressing

Indexed keywords

COSTS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROLYSIS; MATERIALS SCIENCE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ALGINATE; CHITOSAN; CHITOSAN-ALGINATE FIBRE; WOUND DRESSING;

FIBERS;

EID: 33745600401     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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