Determination of the viscoelastic properties of hydrogels based on polyethylene glycol diacrylate (PEG-DA) and human articular cartilage

International Journal of Materials Engineering Innovation

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-20

  Gäbler, Stefan ^a,b   Stampfl, Jürgen ^a   Koch, Thomas ^a   Seidler, Sabine ^a   Schüller, Georg ^c   Redl, H ^c   Juras, Vladimir ^d,e   Trattnig, Siegfried ^e   Weidisch, Roland ^f  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b Fresnel Optics GmbH   (Germany)

^c LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR EXPERIMENTAL AND CLINICAL TRAUMATOLOGY   (Austria)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^e INSTITUTE OF MEASUREMENT SCIENCE   (Slovakia)

^f FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Articular cartilage; Degradation; Hydrogel; Mechanical properties; PEG; Polyethylene glycol; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650392083     PISSN: 17572754     EISSN: 17572762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMATEI.2009.024024     Document Type: Article

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