Release Properties of Hydrogels: Water Evaporation from Alginate Gel Beads

Food Biophysics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 259-266

  Bellich, Barbara ^a   Borgogna, Massimiliano ^a   Cok, Michela ^a   Cesàro, Attilio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alginate beads; Calorimetry; Hydrogel bioSMARTerials; Protein release; Water evaporation

Indexed keywords

ALGINATE BEADS; ALGINATE GEL; ALGINATE HYDROGELS; BIOMEDICAL FIELDS; CO-SOLUTES; DIFFUSION KINETICS; FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES; GEL BEADS; KEY PARAMETERS; MOLECULAR SPECIES; NON-ISOTHERMAL CONDITION; OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES; PROTEIN RELEASE; RATIONAL DESIGN; REFERENCE MATERIAL; RELEASE PROPERTY; SCAN RATES; TEMPERATURE EVOLUTION; WATER EVAPORATION;

ALGINATE; CALORIMETRY; EVAPORATION; EXPERIMENTS; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; GELS; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

HYDROGELS;

EID: 79955481252     PISSN: 15571858     EISSN: 15571866     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11483-011-9206-3     Document Type: Article

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