Flow behaviour of a POSS biopolymer solution

Biorheology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 265-272

  Kidane, Asmeret G ^a   Edirisinghe, Mohan J ^a   Bonhoeffer, Philipp ^b   Seifalian, Alexander M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomaterial; Biopolymer; Flow behaviour; Nanocomposite; Solution; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMER; POLYCARBONATE; POLYHEDRAL OLIGOMERIC SILSEQUIOXANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URETHAN DERIVATIVE;

AGING; ARTICLE; FLOW KINETICS; SHEAR STRESS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; VISCOSITY;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOPOLYMERS; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NANOCOMPOSITES; ORGANOSILICON COMPOUNDS; RHEOLOGY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 37149008411     PISSN: 0006355X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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