Hydrogel microrheology near the liquid-solid transition

Korea Australia Rheology Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 165-173

  Larsen, Travis ^a   Schultz, Kelly ^a   Furst, Eric M ^a  

^a University of Delaware   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical gel; Hydrogel; Microrheology; Particle tracking; Peptide; Superposition

Indexed keywords

EID: 53349164737     PISSN: 1226119X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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