Novel preparation and characterization of porous alginate films

Carbohydrate Polymers

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 989-997

  Wang, Xiaoliang ^a   Li, Xiang ^a   Stride, Eleanor ^a   Huang, Jie ^a   Edirisinghe, Mohan ^a   Schroeder, Carl ^b   Best, Serena ^b   Cameron, Ruth ^b   Waller, Debbie ^c   Donald, Athene ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alginate; Bubble; Film; Porosity; Structure

Indexed keywords

AIR PRESSURES; ALGINATE SOLUTIONS; BUBBLE; BUBBLE SIZE; FILM POROSITY; NOVEL ROUTE; REFLECTION MEASUREMENTS; SOLUTION FLOW RATE; T JUNCTIONS;

ALGINATE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SURFACE TENSION;

FILM PREPARATION;

EID: 73649144488     PISSN: 01448617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2009.10.025     Document Type: Article

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