Supramolecular nanofibrillar polymer hydrogels

Advances in Polymer Science

Volumn 268, Issue , 2015, Pages 167-208

  Chau, Mokit ^a   Sriskandha, Shivanthi Easwari ^a   Thérien Aubin, Héloïse ^a   Kumacheva, Eugenia ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomaterials; Biopolymers; Nanofibers; One dimensional objects; Self assembly; Supramolecular hydrogels

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927714872     PISSN: 00653195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-15404-6_5     Document Type: Article

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