Concepedia

A novel approach to alginate aerogels: carbon dioxide induced gelation

Pavel Gurikov, S.P. Raman, Dirk Weinrich, M. Fricke

RSC Advances · 2014 · 112 citations · 42 references

Concepts

Biopolymer GelHydrogelsChemical EngineeringCarbon DioxideEngineeringPolymer ScienceBiofabricationCarbon AerogelsBiomedical EngineeringNovel ProcessPolymer ChemistrySol-gel Synthesis

Abstract

A novel process, carbon dioxide induced gelation, opens new pathways towards hydrogels and can be coupled with supercritical drying to produce aerogels.

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