Variably elastic hydrogel patterned via capillary action in microchannels

Langmuir

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1483-1488

  Dong, Rui ^a   Jensen, Tor W ^a   Engberg, Kristin ^a,b   Nuzzo, Ralph G ^a   Leckband, Deborah E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE HYDROGELS; CAPILLARY ACTIONS; MICROCHANNELS; MICRON-SCALE PATTERNS; NANOINDENTATION MEASUREMENTS;

AMINES; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; ELASTIC MODULI; GELS; VISCOSITY MEASUREMENT;

HYDROGELS;

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CHLOROACETIC ACID; FIBRONECTIN; RHODAMINE; SEPHAROSE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ELASTICITY; HYDROGEL; VISCOSITY;

ACETIC ACIDS; ELASTICITY; FIBRONECTINS; HYDROGELS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; RHODAMINES; SEPHAROSE; VISCOSITY;

EID: 33847219681     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la062738l     Document Type: Article

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