Mechanical characterization of self-assembling peptide hydrogels by microindentation

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials

Volumn 101 B, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 981-990

  Hammond, Nathan A ^a   Kamm, Roger D ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

hydrogel; mechanical properties; microindentation; microstructure; self assembly

Indexed keywords

BULK MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MACROSCALE PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; MICRO INDENTATION; NANOSCALE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SELF-ASSEMBLING; SELF-ASSEMBLING PEPTIDES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY IMAGES;

DRUG DELIVERY; GELS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROSTRUCTURE; PEPTIDES; SELF ASSEMBLY; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

HYDROGELS;

OLIGOPEPTIDE; RESIN;

ARTICLE; CROSS LINKING; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; HYDROGEL; MECHANICS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; RIGIDITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

HYDROGEL; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROINDENTATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; SELF-ASSEMBLY;

BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; GLUTARAL; HYDROGELS; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PEPTIDES; RHEOLOGY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 84880508265     PISSN: 15524973     EISSN: 15524981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.32906     Document Type: Article

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