Fabricating Bulk Hydrogels Inside of a Syringe Using Photocrosslinking
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Fabricating Microgels Using Extrusion Fragmentation
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Imaging Fragmented Microgels in Suspension Using Epifluorescent Microscope
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Assembling Fragmented Microgels into Granular Hydrogels
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Extrusion Printing with Fragmented Granular Hydrogels Inks
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Results: Characterizing Fragmented Microgel Particles Using ImageJ
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Conclusion
Transcript
Granular hydrogels are an exciting new class of biomaterials with many advantageous properties. Our hope is that in sharing these methods, we can increase the access and innovation in granular hydrogels for biomedical applications. This technique
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This work describes straightforward, adaptable, and low-cost methods to fabricate microgels with extrusion fragmentation, process the microgels into injectable granular hydrogels, and apply the granular hydrogels as extrusion printing inks for biomedical applications.