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Strong tough gels for 3D tissue constructs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2014

Paul Calvert ,
Marc in het Panhuis ,
Geoffrey Spinks ,
Robert Gorkin III ,
Leo Stevens ,
Shannon E. Bakarich ,
Paul Balding  and
Damian M. Kirchmajer
Paul Calvert
Affiliation:
Department of Bioengineering, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA, 02747, U.S.A.
Marc in het Panhuis
Affiliation:
Intelligent Polymer Research Institute, ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, AIIM Facility and Soft Materials Group, School of Chemistry, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, 2522, Australia.
Geoffrey Spinks
Affiliation:
Intelligent Polymer Research Institute, ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, AIIM Facility and Soft Materials Group, School of Chemistry, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, 2522, Australia.
Robert Gorkin III
Affiliation:
Intelligent Polymer Research Institute, ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, AIIM Facility and Soft Materials Group, School of Chemistry, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, 2522, Australia.
Leo Stevens
Affiliation:
Intelligent Polymer Research Institute, ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, AIIM Facility and Soft Materials Group, School of Chemistry, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, 2522, Australia.
Shannon E. Bakarich
Affiliation:
Intelligent Polymer Research Institute, ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, AIIM Facility and Soft Materials Group, School of Chemistry, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, 2522, Australia.
Paul Balding
Affiliation:
Intelligent Polymer Research Institute, ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, AIIM Facility and Soft Materials Group, School of Chemistry, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, 2522, Australia.
Damian M. Kirchmajer
Affiliation:
Intelligent Polymer Research Institute, ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, AIIM Facility and Soft Materials Group, School of Chemistry, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, 2522, Australia.
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Abstract

The mechanical characteristics of ionic-covalent entanglement hydrogels consisting of combinations of the biopolymers gellan gum and kappa-carrageenan, and the synthetic polymers polyacrylamide and an epoxy amine were investigated. Compression testing showed that these gels exhibited “double network” behavior, i.e. strong tough gels.

Keywords

tissuetoughnesspolymer
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1622: Symposium E – Fundamentals of Gels and Self-Assembled Polymer Systems , 2014 , pp. 49 - 53
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2014 

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