Gelation behavior of polysaccharide-based interpenetrating polymer network (IPN) hydrogels

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-52

  Choudhary, Soumitra ^a   White, Joseph C ^a   Stoppel, Whitney L ^a   Roberts, Susan C ^a   Bhatia, Surita R ^a  

^a University of Massachusetts   (United States)

Author keywords

Alginate; Gel point; Gelation; Interpenetrating polymer network; Kinetics; Sol gel

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751570887     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00397-010-0499-9     Document Type: Article

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