Strong and tough nanofibrous hydrogel composites based on biomimetic principles

Materials Science and Engineering C

Volumn 72, Issue , 2017, Pages 220-227

  Tonsomboon, Khaow ^a,b   Butcher, Annabel L ^a   Oyen, Michelle L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Fracture; Hydrogel; Nanocomposite; Nanofibres; Toughness

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETICS; CELL ENGINEERING; FRACTURE; HISTOLOGY; MICROSTRUCTURE; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOFIBERS; REINFORCEMENT; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TOUGHNESS;

BIOMEDICAL REQUIREMENTS; BIOMIMETIC PRINCIPLES; FIBRE REINFORCEMENTS; HYDROGEL COMPOSITES; MECHANICALLY ROBUST; ORDERED MICROSTRUCTURES; SUPPORTING STRUCTURE; TISSUE ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS;

HYDROGELS;

ALGINIC ACID; BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL; GELATIN; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACID; HYDROGEL; NANOFIBER;

CHEMISTRY; HYDROGEL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE STRENGTH; YOUNG MODULUS;

ALGINATES; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; ELASTIC MODULUS; GELATIN; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS; HYDROGELS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NANOFIBERS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 84997107094     PISSN: 09284931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2016.11.025     Document Type: Article

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