Stratified Interpolyelectrolyte Complexes: Fabrication, Structure and Properties

Engineering Materials

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 299-347

  Guzmán, Eduardo ^a,b   Ruano, Marta ^b   Ortega, Francisco ^b   Rubio, Ramón G ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adsorption Time; Charge Compensation; Entropic Contribution; Hyaluronic Acid; Ionic Strength

Indexed keywords

FILMS; FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS; HYALURONIC ACID; IONIC STRENGTH; POLYELECTROLYTES;

ADSORPTION TIME; CHARGE COMPENSATION; ENTROPIC CONTRIBUTIONS; HYALURONIC ACID; INTERPOLYELECTROLYTE COMPLEX; LAYER-BY-LAYER TECHNIQUES; PHYSICO-CHEMICALS; POLYELECTROLYTE MULTILAYER; PROPERTY; STRUCTURES AND PROPERTIES;

FABRICATION;

EID: 84955699063     PISSN: 16121317     EISSN: 18681212     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-01680-1_9     Document Type: Chapter

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