Multi-phase ionotropic liquid crystalline gels with controlled architecture by self-assembly of biopolymers

Carbohydrate Polymers

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 1881-1885

  Lehtovaara, Benjamin C ^a   Verma, Mohit S ^a   Gu, Frank X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

1,3 Beta Glucan; Curdlan; Double stranded DNA; Gelation; Liquid crystal gel; Polynucleotide

Indexed keywords

1,3-BETA-GLUCAN; CURDLAN; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; LIQUID CRYSTAL GEL; POLYNUCLEOTIDES;

BIOPOLYMERS; COAGULATION; DNA; FOOD ADDITIVES; GELATION; HYBRID SYSTEMS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; NUCLEOTIDES; SELF ASSEMBLY;

GELS;

EID: 81255134344     PISSN: 01448617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2011.09.018     Document Type: Article

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