The title of this thesis requires some explanation. The term "microcapsules" is a coinage of my own. The Concise Oxford Dictionary gives several definitions of "capsule" (from Latin capsa, a case). Two of these definitions are relevant to my usage: a capsule is a "membranous envelope (Physiol.)" or a "gelatine envelope enclosing pill (Med.)". A "semipermeable aqueous microcapsule" is therefore an envelope of semipermeable membrane enclosing a very small aqueous compartment. At this point it may be useful to discuss also the terms "membrane" and "semipermeable". [...]
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.117557 |
| Date | January 1965 |
| Creators | Chang, Thomas Ming Swi. |
| Contributors | MacIntosh, F. (Supervisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Doctor of Philosophy. (Department of Physiology. ) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: NNNNNNNNN, Theses scanned by McGill Library. |
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