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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Main Authors: Nicola Zanna, Claudia Tomasini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-10-01
Series:Gels
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2310-2861/3/4/39