The effect of concentration, thermal history and cell seeding density on the initial mechanical properties of agarose hydrogels

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 512-521

  Buckley, Conor T ^a   Thorpe, Stephen D ^a   O'Brien, Fergal J ^a,b   Robinson, Anthony J ^a   Kelly, Daniel J ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE; AGAROSE GEL; CARTILAGE TISSUE ENGINEERING; CELL SEEDING DENSITY; CELL SUSPENSION; CHONDROCYTE; CHONDROCYTES; COMPRESSIVE MODULI; COOLING RATES; EQUILIBRIUM MODULI; MECHANO-BIOLOGY; ROOM TEMPERATURE; THERMAL HISTORY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL ENVIRONMENT;

BIOMECHANICS; BODY FLUIDS; CELL CULTURE; COAGULATION; COOLING; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FLOW MEASUREMENT; GELATION; GELS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

HYDROGELS;

AGAROSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL DENSITY; CELL SUSPENSION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPRESSION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; GELATION; HEAT TOLERANCE; HYDROGEL; MECHANICS; NANOENCAPSULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; TENSION;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CELL COUNT; CHONDROCYTES; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; HYDROGELS; LINEAR MODELS; MECHANICAL PHENOMENA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEPHAROSE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SWINE; TEMPERATURE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 67349108739     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2008.12.007     Document Type: Article

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