Alginate-Collagen Fibril Composite Hydrogel.
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SUBMITTER: Baniasadi M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5455273 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Feb
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Alginate-Collagen Fibril Composite Hydrogel.
Baniasadi Mahmoud M Minary-Jolandan Majid M
Materials (Basel, Switzerland) 20150216 2
We report on the synthesis and the mechanical characterization of an alginate-collagen fibril composite hydrogel. Native type I collagen fibrils were used to synthesize the fibrous composite hydrogel. We characterized the mechanical properties of the fabricated fibrous hydrogel using tensile testing; rheometry and atomic force microscope (AFM)-based nanoindentation experiments. The results show that addition of type I collagen fibrils improves the rheological and indentation properties of the hy ...[more]
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