Comparative study of the viscoelastic mechanical behavior of agarose and poly(ethylene glycol) hydrogels

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials

Volumn 99 B, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 158-169

  Roberts, Justine J ^a   Earnshaw, Audrey ^a   Ferguson, Virginia L ^a   Bryant, Stephanie J ^a  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

agarose; cartilage tissue engineering; hydrogel; mechanical properties; poly(ethylene glycol)

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE; CARTILAGE TISSUE ENGINEERING; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; ELASTIC BEHAVIOR; EQUILIBRIUM MODULI; FLUID MOVEMENT; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; LOADING CONDITION; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; PEG HYDROGEL; POLY(ETHYLENE GLYCOL) HYDROGEL; PRECURSOR CONCENTRATION; STATIC AND DYNAMIC; STATIC MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; STORAGE MODULI; SWELLING PROPERTIES; SWELLING RATIO; VISCOELASTIC PROPERTIES;

BIOMECHANICS; CARTILAGE; CROSSLINKING; DEGRADATION; ELASTIC MODULI; ETHYLENE; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GLYCOLS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MECHANISMS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; RESIDUAL STRESSES; STRESS RELAXATION; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

HYDROGELS;

AGAROSE; MACROGOL;

ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; COVALENT BOND; DEGRADATION; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; FLUID FLOW; HYDROGEL; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; VISCOELASTICITY;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; HYDROGELS; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POROSITY; SEPHAROSE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TISSUE ENGINEERING; VISCOELASTIC SUBSTANCES;

EID: 80052328814     PISSN: 15524973     EISSN: 15524981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.31883     Document Type: Article

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