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SUBMITTER: Averett RD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4133334 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of biomedical materials research. Part A 20140224 12
In this study, a novel technique was developed in which magnetic microparticles (MMPs) and quantum dots (QDs) were successfully incorporated into fibrin clots. The MMPs were added at concentrations of 0.1 and 1 wt % of the fibrin content in an effort to determine if a magnetic field could be used to mechanically stretch the fibrin network, simulating how cells may invade a network. The QDs were added at a dilute concentration of 0.1 wt % to determine if the mechanical properties of the fibrin ne ...[more]