Responsive nematic gels from the self-assembly of aqueous nanofibres

Nature Communications

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Huang, Zhegang ^a   Lee, Hyojin ^a   Lee, Eunji ^a   Kang, Seong Kyun ^a   Nam, Jwa Min ^a   Lee, Myongsoo ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOFIBER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANISOTROPY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; HYDROGEL; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MOUSE; NANOENCAPSULATION; NONHUMAN; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; FLOW KINETICS; GEL; TEMPERATURE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; GELS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOFIBERS; RHEOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 80052613007     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1465     Document Type: Article

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