Production and properties of poly(vinyl alcohol) cryogels: Recent developments

Macroporous Polymers: Production Properties and Biotechnological/Biomedical Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 83-115

  Gutiérrez, María C ^a   Aranaz, Inmaculada ^a   Ferrer, María L ^a   del Monte, Francisco ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE MADRID   (Spain)

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