Mechanically adjustable chemostats based on stimuli-responsive polymers

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 569-573

  Richter, Andreas ^a   Wenzel, Jan ^a   Kretschmer, Katja ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Automatic flow control; Chemostat; Hydrogel; Poly(N isopropylacrylamide)

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC FLOW CONTROL; POLY(N-ISOPROPYLACRYLAMIDE); TRIGGERING POINTS;

CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; FLOW CONTROL; HYDROGELS; POLYAMIDES; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CHEMOSTATS;

EID: 34447639222     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2007.03.002     Document Type: Article

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