Moving from static to dynamic complexity in hydrogel design

Nature Communications

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Burdick, Jason A ^a   Murphy, William L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN; HYALURONIC ACID; MACROGOL; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; POLYACRYLIC ACID;

COMPLEXITY; DEGRADATION; GEL; NUMERICAL MODEL;

ACCURACY; CELL FATE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL RENEWAL; DEGRADATION; DNA CROSS LINKING; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MEGAKARYOCYTE; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; NEURAL STEM CELL; POLYMERIZATION; REVIEW; RIGIDITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SYNTHESIS;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; GUIDED TISSUE REGENERATION; HUMANS; HYDROGELS; MECHANICAL PHENOMENA; POLYMERS; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84871797365     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2271     Document Type: Review

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