A biocompatible hydrogel with improved stiffness and hydrophilicity for modular tissue engineering assembly. Issue 14 (14th April 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wei, Dan; Xiao, Wenqian; Sun, Jing; Zhong, Meiling; Guo, Likun; Fan, Hongsong; Zhang, Xingdong
• Is Part Of: Journal of materials chemistry. Volume 3:Issue 14(2015)
• Page Start: 2753
• Page End: 2763
• Publication Date: 2015-04-14
• Subjects: Materials -- Periodicals; Chemistry, Analytic -- Periodicals; Biomedical materials -- Research -- Periodicals; 543.0284
• DOI: 10.1039/c5tb00129c
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2050-750X

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="toc"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p> <graphic position="anchor" id="ga" xlink:href="ark:/27927/pgjjgr38z7" xlink:type="simple" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" />Inflexible hydrophilic AlgMA was introduced into a bioactive GelMA hydrogel to enhance stiffness and hydrophilicity, thus improving surface tension driven assembly of modular constructs with spatial organized cell distribution and biofunctions.</p> </abstract>