Using a microfluidic chip and internal gelation reaction for monodisperse calcium alginate microparticles generation

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 3061-3067

  Huang, Keng Shiang ^a   Lai, Tzung Heng ^a   Lin, Yu Cheng ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Alginate; Emulsion; Internal gelation; Microfluidic; Monodisperse

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EMULSION; INSTRUMENTATION; MICROFLUIDICS; PARTICLE SIZE;

ALGINATES; EMULSIONS; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS; MICROFLUIDICS; PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 34347272655     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/2295     Document Type: Article

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