Poly(Vinyl Alcohol) Cryogels for Biomedical Applications

Advances in Polymer Science

Volumn 263, Issue , 2014, Pages 283-321

  Wan, Wankei ^a   Dawn Bannerman, A ^a   Yang, Lifang ^a   Mak, Helium ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Controlled release; Cryogel; Medical device; Physical crosslinking; Poly(vinyl alcohol)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927561934     PISSN: 00653195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-05846-7_8     Document Type: Article

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