Peptide-Based Physical Gels Endowed with Thixotropic Behaviour
Thixotropy is one of the oldest documented rheological phenomenon in colloid science and may be defined as an increase of viscosity in a state of rest and a decrease of viscosity when submitted to a constant shearing stress. This behavior has been exploited in recent years to prepare injectable hydr...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2017-10-01
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Series: | Gels |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2310-2861/3/4/39 |