«The AdoB12 - dependent CarHC tetramerization has been shown to be essential for the formation of
an elastic hydrogel in the dark, which can undergo a rapid gel - sol transition caused by light - induced CarHC disassembly.»
This elastic hydrogel is formed by using a light - activated polypeptide.
These micropatterned
elastic hydrogels can one day be used as cardiac patches.
Not exact matches
It can handle a multitude of stiff and
elastic materials including
hydrogels, silver nanoparticle - based conductive inks, liquid crystal elastomers and shape memory polymers, or SMPs.
The nano -
hydrogels have shown very good characteristics of biocompatibility with the human organism, due to their physical properties, which make them resemble living tissues, especially by its high water content, its soft and
elastic consistency, and its low interfacial tension which prevents them from absorbing proteins from body fluids.
The researchers showed they could control the rate of MSC osteogenesis in vitro by modifying the
elastic modulus of the
hydrogel.