Biological and biomimetic comb polyelectrolytes

Polymers

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 57-70

  Waigh, Thomas Andrew ^a   Papagiannopoulos, Aristeidis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b THEORETICAL AND PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY INSTITUTE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aggrecan; Brush; Comb; Glycoprotein; Liquid crystal; Mucin; Peptide; Polyampholyte; Polyelectrolyte; Proteoglycan; Self assembly

Indexed keywords

AGGRECAN; COMB; MUCIN; POLYAMPHOLYTES; PROTEOGLYCANS;

BIOMIMETICS; BRUSHES; GLYCOPROTEINS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MORPHOLOGY; PEPTIDES; POLYELECTROLYTES; SELF ASSEMBLY;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS;

EID: 79952851295     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/polym2020057     Document Type: Review

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