Liquid crystal behavior of single-walled carbon nanotubes dispersed in biological hyaluronic acid solutions

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 129, Issue 30, 2007, Pages 9452-9457

  Moulton, Simon E ^a   Maugey, Maryse ^b   Poulin, Philippe ^b   Wallace, Gordon G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISPERSIONS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; PHASE SEPARATION; SOLUTIONS; SONICATION;

BIOLOGICAL MEDIA; DISPERSION VISCOSITY;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

BIOMATERIAL; HYALURONIC ACID; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIQUID CRYSTAL; PHASE SEPARATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TIME; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASOUND; VISCOSITY;

HYALURONIC ACID; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MICROSCOPY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES, CARBON; PHASE TRANSITION; SOLUBILITY; SOLUTIONS; TIME FACTORS; VISCOSITY; WATER;

EID: 34547685779     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja072160h     Document Type: Article

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