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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Main Authors: Michal Bartnikowski, R Mark Wellard, Maria Woodruff, Travis Klein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-12-01
Series:Polymers
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/7/12/1539

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