Poly(vinyl alcohol) hydrogels

Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 63-66

  Stasko, Jolanta ^a   Kalnińš, Märtiņš ^a   Dzene, Anda ^a   Tupureina, Vekta ^a  

^a RIGA TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Latvia)

Author keywords

Gel fraction; Gels; Poly(vinyl alcohol); Water absorption

Indexed keywords

EID: 63349094963     PISSN: 17366046     EISSN: 17367530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3176/proc.2009.1.11     Document Type: Article

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