Through-thickness stress relaxation in bacterial cellulose hydrogel

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 59, Issue , 2016, Pages 90-98

  Gao, Xing ^a   Kuśmierczyk, Piotr ^b   Shi, Zhijun ^c   Liu, Changqing ^a   Yang, Guang ^c   Sevostianov, Igor ^d   Silberschmidt, Vadim V ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d Horeshoe Cir Jett Hall   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial cellulose hydrogel; Fraction exponential operators; Rheology; Stress relaxation test; Time dependent behaviour

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOMATERIALS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BLOOD VESSELS; CELLULOSE; MECHANICAL TESTING; RHEOLOGY; STRESS RELAXATION;

BACTERIAL CELLULOSE; COMPLICATED LOADINGS; EXPONENTIAL OPERATORS; MORPHOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS; STRESS EQUILIBRIUM; STRESS RELAXATION TESTS; THROUGH THICKNESS STRESS; TIME-DEPENDENT BEHAVIOUR;

HYDROGELS;

BIOMATERIAL; CELLULOSE;

ARTICLE; FORCE; GLUCONACETOBACTER XYLINUS; HYDROGEL; MECHANICAL STRESS; MODEL; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THICKNESS; CHEMISTRY; MATERIALS TESTING;

BACTERIA; CELLULOSE; RHEOLOGY;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CELLULOSE; HYDROGELS; MATERIALS TESTING; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84952690578     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2015.12.021     Document Type: Article

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