## Abstract This study investigates the improved swelling behavior of chitosan/poly(acrylic acid) complex by solvent (methanol, ethanol, and acetone) extraction. The complex is developed by photoinitiated free‐radical polymerization of acrylic acid in the presence of chitosan. The swelling ratio of
Swelling behavior of hydroxyapatite-filled chitosan–poly(acrylic acid) polyelectrolyte complexes
✍ Scribed by G. S. Sailaja; P. Ramesh; H. K. Varma
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 173 KB
- Volume
- 100
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0021-8995
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