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Anisotropic agarose gels
Author(s) -
Rochas C.,
Hecht A.M.,
Horkay F.,
Geissler E.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
macromolecular symposia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.257
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1521-3900
pISSN - 1022-1360
DOI - 10.1002/masy.19971140121
Subject(s) - isotropy , agarose , anisotropy , self healing hydrogels , materials science , swelling , composite material , polymer chemistry , optics , chemistry , chromatography , physics
Agarose hydrogels deswell reversibly over a wide range of concentration. Two types of deswelling measurements are considered here, isotropic and uniaxial. We describe some of the properties of the gels observed in the deswollen state. In both the isotropic and uniaxial geometry, the swelling pressure varies approximately as the square of the concentration.