Controlling of pore size and distribution of PDMAEMA hydrogels prepared by gamma rays

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 76, Issue 8-9, 2007, Pages 1342-1346

  Şen, Murat ^a   Aguş, Osman ^a   Safrany, Agnes ^b  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Cross linking; Dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate; Hydrogels; Pore size; Radiation

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE GLYCOL; GAMMA RAYS; HYDROGELS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MONOMERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SWELLING;

DIMETHYLAMINOETHYL METHACRYLATE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL DIMETHACRYLATE (EGDMA); PORE SIZE AND DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION SYNTHESIS;

PORE SIZE;

ETHYLENE GLYCOL DIMETHACRYLATE; MACROGOL; MACROGOL 10000; POLY[2 (DIMETHYLAMINO)ETHYL METHACRYLATE];

ARTICLE; GAMMA RADIATION; HYDROGEL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PH; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SWELLING;

EID: 34248994649     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2007.02.028     Document Type: Article

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