Soft actuated hybrid hydrogel with bioinspired complexity to control mechanical flexure behavior for tissue engineering

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Abstract

Hydrogels exhibit excellent properties that enable them as nanostructured scaffolds for soft tissue engineering. However, single-component hydrogels have significant limitations due to the low versatility of the single component. To achieve this goal, we have designed and characterized different multi-component hydrogels composed of gelatin, alginate, hydroxyapatite, and a protein (BSA and fibrinogen). First, we describe the surface morphology of the samples and the main characteristics of the physiological interplay by using fourier transform infrared (FT-IR), and confocal Raman microscopy. Then, their degradation and swelling were studied and mechanical properties were determined by rheology measurements. Experimental data were carefully collected and quantitatively analyzed by developing specific approaches and different theoretical models to determining the most important parameters. Finally, we determine how the nanoscale of the system influences its macroscopic properties and characterize the extent to which degree each component maintains its own functionality, demonstrating that with the optimal components, in the right proportion, multifunctional hydrogels can be developed.

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Rial, R., Liu, Z., & Ruso, J. M. (2020). Soft actuated hybrid hydrogel with bioinspired complexity to control mechanical flexure behavior for tissue engineering. Nanomaterials, 10(7), 1–20. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10071302

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