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Poly(vinyl alcohol) hydrogels; pp. 63–66
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Authors
Jolanta Stasko, Mārtiņš Kalniņš, Anda Dzene, Velta Tupureina
Abstract
Poly(vinyl alcohol) was used as base material for hydrogel preparation. The water absorption, gel fraction, and density of different gels prepared by the freezing/thawing method were studied.
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