Property-based design: Optimization and characterization of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) hydrogel and PVA-matrix composite for artificial cornea

Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 941-952

  Jiang, Hong ^a,b   Zuo, Yi ^b   Zhang, Li ^b   Li, Jidong ^b   Zhang, Aiming ^c   Li, Yubao ^b   Yang, Xiaochao ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SINOPEC   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; BIOMATERIALS; BIOMIMETICS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; OPTIMIZATION; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYMERIZATION; POLYVINYL ALCOHOLS;

NANO-HYDROXYAPATITE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLY (VINYL ALCOHOL) (PVA); POLYMERIZATION DEGREE; PROTEIN ADSORPTION; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ROUGHNESS; SELECTION AND OPTIMIZATIONS; WATER CONTACT ANGLE;

HYDROGELS;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL; GRAPHITE; HYDROXYAPATITE; IRON; POLYMER; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL CORNEA; ARTIFICIAL ORGAN; CONTACT ANGLE; EYE COLOR; FREEZE THAWING; HYDROGEL; MORPHOLOGY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TENSILE STRENGTH; WATER CONTENT; YOUNG MODULUS;

ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CORNEA; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HARDNESS; HUMANS; HYDROGELS; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; REFRACTOMETRY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84896543837     PISSN: 09574530     EISSN: 15734838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10856-013-5121-0     Document Type: Article

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