Strong fiber-reinforced hydrogel

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 5313-5318

  Agrawal, Animesh ^a   Rahbar, Nima ^b   Calvert, Paul D ^c  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^c Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomimicking; Rapid prototyping; Reinforced hydrogels; Toughness

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; ELASTICITY; FIBERS; RAPID PROTOTYPING; REINFORCED PLASTICS; REINFORCEMENT; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

BIOMIMICKING; ELASTIC FIBRES; FIBRE-REINFORCED; GEL MATRIX; MEDICAL DEVICES; MICROFIBERS OR NANOFIBERS; RAPID-PROTOTYPING; REINFORCED HYDROGELS; STRONG FIBERS; TISSUE GROWTH;

HYDROGELS;

EPOXY RESIN;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ELASTIC FIBER; HYDROGEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRENGTH; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 84872073184     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: 18787568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2012.10.011     Document Type: Article

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