Strong fiber reinforced hydrogels for biomedical applications

2011 IEEE 37th Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference, NEBEC 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Agrawal, A ^a   Wanasekara, N ^a   Chalivendra, V ^a   Rahbar, N ^a   Calvert, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; BIOMEDICAL DEVICES; FIBER DIAMETERS; FIBER REINFORCED; FIBROUS STRUCTURES; HYDROGEL COMPOSITES; SOFT MACHINE; SPIDER WEB; STRONG FIBERS;

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FIBERS; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; PULTRUSION; SPINNING (FIBERS); USER INTERFACES;

HYDROGELS;

EID: 79958740342     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NEBC.2011.5778724     Document Type: Conference Paper

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