A facile fabrication of alginate microbubbles using a gas foaming reaction

Molecules

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 9594-9602

  Huang, Keng Shiang ^a   Lin, Yung Sheng ^b   Chang, Wan Ru ^a   Wang, Yi Ling ^a   Yang, Chih Hui ^a  

^a I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b HUNGKUANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Alginate; Gas; Microbubbles; Particle

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; BICARBONATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; GAS; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACID; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE;

CHEMISTRY; GAS; HUMAN; KINETICS; MICROBUBBLE; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE;

ALGINATES; CARBON DIOXIDE; GASES; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; MICROBUBBLES; PARTICLE SIZE; SODIUM BICARBONATE;

EID: 84883158134     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules18089594     Document Type: Article

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