Fibre-reinforced hydrogels with high optical transparency

International Materials Reviews

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 264-296

  Maranchi, Jeffrey P ^a   Trexler, Morgana M ^a   Guo, Qiongyu ^b   Elisseeff, Jennifer H ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fibre; Hydrogel; Load bearing; Ocular; Reinforced; Sensing; Transparency; Wound management

Indexed keywords

CROSSLINKING; FIBERS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; REINFORCEMENT; RESEARCH; TRANSPARENCY;

LOAD BEARING; OCULAR; REINFORCED; SENSING; WOUND MANAGEMENT;

HYDROGELS;

EID: 84902839609     PISSN: 09506608     EISSN: 17432804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1743280414Y.0000000032     Document Type: Review

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