Self-assembly and fractal feature of chitosan and its conjugate with metal ions: Cu (II) / Ag (I)

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-12

  Hu, Yi ^a   Wu, Yangzhe ^a   Cai, Jiye ^a   Ma, Yufeng ^b   Wang, Bin ^a   Xia, Ke ^a   He, Xiaoqing ^a  

^a JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscope; Chitosan; Fractal; Liquid crystal; Self assembly

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; CHITOSAN; CUPRIC ION; SILVER DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONJUGATE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33947329318     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/i8010001     Document Type: Article

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