Hierarchical dl -Glutamic acid microspheres from polymer-induced liquid precursors

Crystal Growth and Design

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 3243-3249

  Jiang, Yuan ^a   Gower, Laurie ^b   Volkmer, Dirk ^c   Cölfen, Helmut ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF COLLOIDS AND INTERFACES   (Germany)

^b J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROAD APPLICATION; BUILDING BLOCKES; EXPERIMENTAL PARAMETERS; GLUTAMIC ACID; HOMOGENEOUS NUCLEATION; LIQUID PRECURSORS; MACROPOROUS; MODEL SYSTEM; MORPHOSYNTHESIS; MULTISTEP PROCESS; NANO-PLATELETS; NANO-STRUCTURED; NET CHARGES; ORGANIC CRYSTAL; ORGANIC MOLECULES; PH VALUE; POLYETHYLENE IMINES; POLYMERIC ADDITIVES; SOLVENT COMPOSITION; SYNTHETIC ROUTES; UPSCALING;

AMINO ACIDS; COALESCENCE; DROPS; LIQUIDS; MICROSPHERES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

POLYMERS;

EID: 79960069762     PISSN: 15287483     EISSN: 15287505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cg200504n     Document Type: Article

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