Hydrogels with 3D gradient of mechanical properties

Hydrogels: Synthesis, Characterization and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 343-354

  Orsi, G ^a,b   Carta, V ^a   Vozzi, G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b Industrial Chemistry and Materials Science ^*  (Italy)

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