Sentences with phrase «hydrogel network»

After the filaments are injected into the body, the resulting hydrogel network functions as a drug depot that slowly degrades by breaking down into spherical nanomaterials called micelles, which are programmed to travel to specific targets.

When crosslinked together, the filaments form a hydrogel network that is similar to structural tissue in the human body.

Not exact matches

Working with Burdick and Chen, who have experience in creating custom three - dimensional hydrogels and fibrous networks with varied crosslinking, the research team ran physical experiments to validate their computer model.

He and his colleagues began by designing a hydrogel, a network of polymers that absorbs large amounts of water.

The principle component of the new panel, hydrogel — a polymer network filled with water — is safe to use in and on the human body, having already found use in applications ranging from drug delivery to creating scaffolds for tissue engineering and wound healing.

Hydrogels are soft networks of polymers with high water content, like jello.

The bioactivity of agarose — PEGDA interpenetrating network hydrogels with covalently immobilized RGD peptides and physically entrapped aggrecan.

Using chondroitin sulfate to improve the viability and biosynthesis of chondrocytes encapsulated in interpenetrating network (IPN) hydrogels of agarose and poly (ethylene glycol) diacrylate.