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The distribution of void sizes in a reticulate gel
Author(s) -
West Roger
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
biopolymers
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.556
H-Index - 125
eISSN - 1097-0282
pISSN - 0006-3525
DOI - 10.1002/bip.360260304
Subject(s) - reticulate , agarose , void (composites) , chemistry , porosity , distribution (mathematics) , chemical engineering , polymer chemistry , chromatography , composite material , materials science , botany , mathematics , biology , organic chemistry , mathematical analysis , engineering
The conformational properties of reticulate gels are examined in detail. The distribution of void sizes in a reticulate gel is shown to be usually indistinguishable from that in a hypothetical gel comprising a scaffolding of long, straight, randomly oriented, nonintersecting gel fibers. Agarose gel is used as the principle model throughout, but the conclusions are shown to be extendable to other species of gel.