Rheological behavior of responsive DNA hydrogels

Macromolecules

Volumn 41, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 8847-8854

  Topuz, Fuat ^a   Okay, Oguz ^a  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDS; COOLING; CROSSLINKING; DNA; ELASTIC MODULI; ETHERS; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; GELATION; GELS; GENES; GLYCOLS; HEATING; HYDROGELS; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN BONDS; MELTING POINT; ORGANIC ACIDS; POLYMERS; RHEOLOGY;

BASE PAIRS; BIOPOLYMER GELS; CHEMICAL GELS; COOLING CYCLES; CROSS LINKERS; DNA CHAINS; DNA GELS; DNA MELTING; DNA SOLUTIONS; DOUBLE HELIXES; DYNAMIC MODULUS; ETHYLENE GLYCOL DIGLYCIDYL ETHERS; JUNCTION ZONES; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDES; PARTIAL DISSOCIATIONS; PHYSICAL GELS; RHEOLOGICAL BEHAVIORS; RHEOLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS; SEMIDILUTE; STRAND FRAGMENTS; THERMAL BEHAVIORS; VISCOUS MODULUS;

NUCLEIC ACIDS;

EID: 57349170971     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma801414p     Document Type: Article

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