Effects of PVA, agar contents, and irradiation doses on properties of PVA/ws-chitosan/glycerol hydrogels made by γ-irradiation followed by freeze-thawing

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 954-960

  Yang, Xiaomin ^a,b   Zhu, Zhiyong ^a   Liu, Qi ^a,b   Chen, Xiliang ^a,b   Ma, Mingwang ^a,b  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Agar; Hydrogels; Irradiation; Poly(vinyl alcohol); Rheology

Indexed keywords

CROSSLINKING; DOSIMETRY; ION BOMBARDMENT; POLYVINYL ALCOHOLS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; SWELLING;

AGAR; CROSSLINKING DENSITY; FREEZE-THAWING; IRRADIATION DOSES;

HYDROGELS;

AGAR; CHITOSAN; GLYCEROL; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL;

ARTICLE; CROSS LINKING; FLOW KINETICS; FREEZE THAWING; GAMMA IRRADIATION; HYDROGEL; MECHANICAL STRESS; RADIATION DOSE; THERMOSTABILITY;

EID: 44649123568     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2008.02.011     Document Type: Article

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