TY - GEN AU - Ahmed Saad Ali Montasir AU - Ahmed Mahmoud Farag , AU - Ali Ali Hebeish , TI - Studies on the preparation of hydrogel based on chitosan and its applications in drug delivery system / PY - 2007/// CY - Cairo : PB - Ahmed Saad Ali Montasir , KW - Drug delivery KW - Freezing - thaw KW - Hydrogel N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty Of Science - Department Of Organic Chemistry; Issued also as CD N2 - Chitosan / PVA , as well as , chitosan citrate / PVA blends were used to form a semi interpenetrating polymeric network (IPN) hydrogel for medical application.The crosslinking agent free preparation method was developed using freezing - thaw process.The swelling behavior was observed to be dependent on pH , temperature and on the time and number of freezing thawing cycles UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -