Morphology assessment of chemically modified cryostructured poly(vinyl alcohol) hydrogel

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 2035-2040

  El Fray, Miroslawa ^a   Pilaszkiewicz, Agnieszka ^a   Swieszkowski, Wojciech ^b   Kurzydlowski, Krzysztof J ^b  

^a WEST POMERANIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cryogel; Morphology; Poly(vinyl alcohol); Scanning electron microscopy (SEM)

Indexed keywords

BIOACTIVITY; COMPRESSIVE STRESS; CROSSLINKING; MORPHOLOGY; POLYVINYL ALCOHOLS; POROSITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CROSSLINKING DENSITY; CRYOGELS; CRYOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; HYDRATED STATES;

HYDROGELS;

EID: 34247501695     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2007.02.024     Document Type: Article

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