Macromolecular transport through nanostructured and porous hydrogels synthesized using the amphiphilic copolymer, PCL-b-PEO-b-PCL

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3004-3009

  Kang, Jungmee ^a   Beers, Kenneth J ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

FRAP; Nanoporous; Nanostructure; PEO; Transport

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPHILIC COPOLYMERS; AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; BIOENGINEERING AREAS; CAPROLACTONE; CROSS-LINK DENSITIES; DIFFUSIVITIES; ETHYLENE OXIDES; FAST TRANSPORT; FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING; FRAP; HIGH CONCENTRATION; LAMELLAR MORPHOLOGY; MACROMOLECULAR MOBILITY; MACROMOLECULAR TRANSPORT; NANO-STRUCTURED; NANOPOROUS; PCL-B-PEO; PEO; PEO-PCL; POROUS HYDROGELS; PROTEIN SEPARATIONS; SMALL ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING; TRANSPORT;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; COPOLYMERIZATION; DRUG DELIVERY; ETHYLENE; HYDROGELS; MACROMOLECULES; PHOTOBLEACHING; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

NANOSTRUCTURES;

EID: 70349880429     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2009.08.008     Document Type: Article

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