Nonlinear Effects in Multicomponent Supramolecular Hydrogels

Langmuir

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 2387-2395

  Draper, Emily R ^a   Wallace, Matthew ^b   Schweins, Ralf ^c   Poole, Robert J ^b   Adams, Dave J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUT LAUE LANGEVIN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX NETWORKS; GELS; MIXING;

COLLOIDAL STRUCTURES; DEGREE OF MIXING; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MULTICOMPONENTS; NONLINEAR DEPENDENCE; NONLINEAR EFFECT; SUPRAMOLECULAR HYDROGELS; TWO COMPONENT SYSTEMS;

HYDROGELS;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; HYDROGEL;

EID: 85014873730     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b00326     Document Type: Article

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