Rheology of peptide- and protein-based physical hydrogels: Are everyday measurements just scratching the surface?

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 34-68

  Sathaye, Sameer ^a   Mbi, Armstrong ^b   Sonmez, Cem ^a,c   Chen, Yingchao ^a   Blair, Daniel L ^b   Schneider, Joel P ^c   Pochan, Darrin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FREDERICK NATIONAL LABORATORY FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHARACTERIZATION; CROSSLINKING; FRACTURE; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; PEPTIDES; RHEOMETERS; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR THINNING; SHEARING; SHEARING MACHINES; STRESSES; YIELD STRESS;

BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; CROSS-LINKED HYDROGELS; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; INJECTABLE HYDROGELS; PHYSICAL CHARACTERIZATION; RHEOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION; RHEOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; SHEARING SURFACES;

HYDROGELS;

AMPHOPHILE; BIOMATERIAL; ELASTIN; GELATIN; GLOBULAR PROTEIN; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; SILK FIBROIN; CROSS LINKING REAGENT; HYDROGEL; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPE; FLOW KINETICS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HYDROGEL; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR RATE; SHEAR STRESS; STEADY STATE; SURFACE PROPERTY; CALIBRATION; CHEMISTRY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; OSCILLOMETRY; PH; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SHEAR STRENGTH; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VIDEORECORDING;

CALIBRATION; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELASTIN; HUMANS; HYDROGELS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; OSCILLOMETRY; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEINS; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84916892201     PISSN: 19395116     EISSN: 19390041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wnan.1299     Document Type: Article

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