Fabrication and mechanical evaluation of anatomically-inspired quasilaminate hydrogel structures with layer-specific formulations

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 398-407

  Tseng, Hubert ^a   Cuchiara, Maude L ^a   Durst, Christopher A ^a   Cuchiara, Michael P ^a   Lin, Chris J ^b   West, Jennifer L ^a   Grande Allen, K Jane ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

^b TEXAS A M COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomaterials; Composites; Flexure; Hydrogels; Laminate; Tissue Engineering

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIALS; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD VESSELS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; FABRICATION; HYDROGELS; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; LAMINATES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; SWELLING; TENSILE TESTING; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; VALVES (MECHANICAL);

BIOFUNCTIONALIZATION; BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; ENGINEERING CHALLENGES; FLEXURE; HYDROGEL STRUCTURE; MECHANICAL EVALUATION; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL DIACRYLATE; TRILAYER STRUCTURE;

SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; POLY(ETHYLENE GLYCOL)DIACRYLATE; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ANIMAL; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; HYDROGEL; PHYSIOLOGY; SWINE;

ANIMALS; AORTIC VALVE; BIOMECHANICS; HYDROGELS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; SWINE; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84876404878     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-012-0666-5     Document Type: Article

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