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Strong tough gels for 3D tissue constructs

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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.

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  1. Department of Bioengineering, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, 02747, North Dartmouth, MA, U.S.A.

    Paul Calvert

  2. Intelligent Polymer Research Institute, ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, AIIM Facility and Soft Materials Group, School of Chemistry, University of Wollongong, 2522, Wollongong, NSW, Australia

    Marc in het Panhuis, Geoffrey Spinks, Robert Gorkin III, Leo Stevens, Shannon E. Bakarich, Paul Balding & Damian M. Kirchmajer

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Calvert, P., in het Panhuis, M., Spinks, G. et al. Strong tough gels for 3D tissue constructs. MRS Online Proceedings Library 1622, 49–53 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1557/opl.2014.249

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