Production of extremely-small hydrogel microspheres by utilizing water-droplet dissolution in a polar solvent

15th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences 2011, MicroTAS 2011

Volumn 1, Issue , 2011, Pages 18-20

  Sugaya, Sari ^a   Yamada, Masumi ^a   Seki, Minoru ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alginate; Chitosan; Hydrogel microbeads; Polar solvent

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS PHASE; HIGH SOLUBILITY; HYDROGEL MICROSPHERES; HYDROGEL POLYMERS; METHYL ACETATES; MICROBEADS; POLAR SOLVENTS; WATER DROPLETS;

ALGINATE; CHITOSAN; DISSOLUTION; DROPS;

HYDROGELS;

EID: 84876520440     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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