Microgel-based coatings and their use as self-healing, dynamic substrates for bioapplications

Microgels are solvent swollen, cross-linked polymer macromolecules of micro or nanoscale dimensions. In this work, microgels are used as versatile building blocks in layer-by-layer assemblies to form thin coatings. While conceptually simple materials, these microgel-based films actually possess extr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Spears, Mark William
Other Authors: Lyon, Andrew
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: Georgia Institute of Technology 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1853/53060