Tuning the Properties of Hydrogel Microspheres by Adding Chemical Cross-linking Functionality to Sodium Alginate

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 4380-4389

  Mahou, Redouan ^a   Borcard, Françoise ^a   Crivelli, Virginia ^a   Montanari, Elisa ^b   Passemard, Solène ^a   Noverraz, François ^a   Gerber Lemaire, Sandrine ^a   Bühler, Léo ^b   Wandrey, Christine ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGINATE; CHEMICAL BONDS; COPOLYMERS; COVALENT BONDS; CROSSLINKING; GELATION; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); MICROSPHERES; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; SODIUM ALGINATE;

CHEMICAL CROSS-LINKING; COVALENT CROSSLINKING; DEGREE OF GRAFTING; DISULFIDE BOND FORMATION; HYDROGEL MICROSPHERES; IONIC CROSS LINKING; POLYMER CONCENTRATIONS; TETRABUTYLAMMONIUM;

HYDROGELS;

EID: 84934942275     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b01098     Document Type: Article

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