Cellulose gels and microgels: Synthesis, service, and supramolecular interactions

Advances in Polymer Science

Volumn 268, Issue , 2015, Pages 209-251

  Li, Pingping ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Aerogels; Cellulose; Derivatives; Graft copolymers; Hydrogels; Physical cross linking; Supramolecular interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927713133     PISSN: 00653195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-15404-6_6     Document Type: Article

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