Tailoring Hydrogel Viscoelasticity with Physical and Chemical Crosslinking
Biological tissues are viscoelastic, demonstrating a mixture of fluid and solid responses to mechanical strain. Whilst viscoelasticity is critical for native tissue function, it is rarely used as a design criterion in biomaterials science or tissue engineering. We propose that viscoelasticity may be...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2015-12-01
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Series: | Polymers |
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Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/7/12/1539 |