The Size Distribution of Core Shell Polymeric Capsules as Revealed by Low-Field NMR Diffusometry

Applied Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 205-211

  Nechifor, Ruben ^a   Bogdan, Mircea ^b   Ardelean, Ioan ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CLUJ NAPOCA   (Romania)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF ISOTOPIC AND MOLECULAR TECHNOLOGIES   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; CORE SHELL; DIFFUSOMETRY; DIRECT OBSERVATION; ECHO TECHNIQUES; ELECTRON MICROGRAPH; HEXADECANE; LOW-FIELD NMR; NUMERICAL LAPLACE INVERSION; POLYMERIC CAPSULES; TIME-DEPENDENT DIFFUSION;

EMULSIFICATION; PARAFFINS; POLYMERS; POLYSTYRENES; RESONANCE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE DIFFUSION;

NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

EID: 79952723682     PISSN: 09379347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00723-011-0197-5     Document Type: Article

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