Evaluation of rheological properties and swelling behaviour of sonicated scleroglucan samples

Molecules

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 2283-2297

  Ansari, Siddique Akber ^a   Matricardi, Pietro ^a   Di Meo, Chiara ^a   Alhaique, Franco ^a   Coviello, Tommasina ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Polymer gels; Rheology; Scleroglucan; Sonication; Swelling

Indexed keywords

BORATE SODIUM; BORIC ACID; GLUCAN; SCLEROGLUCAN; WATER;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELASTICITY; FLOW KINETICS; HYDROGEL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; ULTRASOUND; VISCOSITY; WETTABILITY;

ANISOTROPY; BORATES; ELASTICITY; GLUCANS; HYDROGELS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; RHEOLOGY; SONICATION; VISCOSITY; WATER; WETTABILITY;

EID: 84858975712     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules17032283     Document Type: Article

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