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Molecular calculations of poly(ethylene glycol) transport across a swollen poly(acrylic acid)/mucin interface

N A Peppas1

  • 1Biomaterials and Drug Delivery Laboratory, School of Chemical Engineering Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907-1283, USA.

Journal of Biomaterials Science. Polymer Edition
|July 11, 1998
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