Thermogelation analysis of F127-water mixtures by physical Chemistry techniques

Applied Rheology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1-12

  Gentile, Luigi ^a   De Luca, Giuseppina ^a   Antunes, Filipe E ^b   Rossi, Cesare Oliviero ^a   Ranieri, Giuseppe Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

NMR characterization; Pluronic F127; Rheological characterization; Thermal gelation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957672056     PISSN: 14306395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3933/ApplRheol-20-52081     Document Type: Article

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