In situ formation and gelation mechanism of thermoresponsive Stereocomplexed hydrogels upon mixing diblock and triblock poly(lactic acid)/poly(ethylene glycol) copolymers

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 119, Issue 21, 2015, Pages 6471-6480

  Mao, Hailiang ^a   Pan, Pengju ^a   Shan, Guorong ^a   Bao, Yongzhong ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADATION; COPOLYMERS; CRYSTALLITES; ENANTIOMERS; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; GELATION; HYDROGELS; LACTIC ACID; MICELLES; MIXING; MIXTURES; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; POLYOLS; SOLS; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION;

AGGREGATED STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE; DEGREE OF POLYMERIZATION; GELATION MECHANISMS; HYDRODYNAMIC DIAMETER; HYDROPHOBIC DOMAINS; IN-SITU FORMATIONS; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION SAXS;

POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS;

EID: 84930654712     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.5b03610     Document Type: Article

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