Tunable mechanical behavior of synthetic organogels as biofidelic tissue simulants

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1583-1591

  Kalcioglu, Z Ilke ^a   Mrozek, Randy A ^b   Mahmoodian, Roza ^a   VanLandingham, Mark R ^b   Lenhart, Joseph L ^b   Van Vliet, Krystyn J ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy dissipation; Impact indentation; PDMS; Rheology; Soft tissues; Tissue simulants

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DISSIPATION CAPACITIES; ENERGY DISSIPATION RATE; PDMS; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE PDMS; REACTIVE FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY; SOFT TISSUE; TISSUE SIMULANT;

COMPLEX NETWORKS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; GELS; LOADING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MICROCHANNELS; RHEOLOGY; SILICONES; SOLVENTS; STOICHIOMETRY;

TISSUE;

DIMETICONE; POLYMER; SILICONE GEL; SOLVENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FLOW KINETICS; GEL; HEART; IMPACT RESISTANCE; LIVER; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIMULATION; SOFT TISSUE; STOICHIOMETRY; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SIMULANT;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; DIMETHYLPOLYSILOXANES; GELS; HEART; LIVER; MATERIALS TESTING; RATS; RHEOLOGY; SOLVENTS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84878012655     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2013.03.011     Document Type: Article

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