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| Title |
Rheological characterization of an injectable alginate gel system
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| Published in |
BMC Biotechnology, May 2015
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12896-015-0147-7 |
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| Authors |
Benjamin Endré Larsen, Jorunn Bjørnstad, Erik Olai Pettersen, Hanne Hjorth Tønnesen, Jan Egil Melvik |
| Abstract |
This work investigates a general method for producing alginate gel matrices using an internal mode of gelation that depends solely on soluble alginate and alginate/gelling ion particles. The method involves the formulation of two-component kits comprised of soluble alginate and insoluble alginate/gelling ion particles. Gelling kinetics, elastic and Young's moduli were investigated for selected parameters with regard to soluble alginate guluronate content, molecular weight, calcium or strontium gelling ions and alginate gelling ion particle sizes in the range between 25 and 125 micrometers. By mixing the two components and varying the parameters mentioned above, alginate gel matrices with tailor-made viscoelastic properties and gelling kinetics were obtained. Final gel elasticity depended on alginate type, concentration and gelling ion. The gelling rate could be manipulated, e.g. through selection of the alginate type and molecular weight, particle sizes and the concentration of non-gelling ions. Formulations of the injectable and moldable alginate system presented have recently been used within specific medical applications and may have potential within regenerative medicine or other fields. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 192 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 192 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 43 | 22% |
| Student > Master | 31 | 16% |
| Researcher | 23 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 19 | 10% |
| Professor | 7 | 4% |
| Other | 16 | 8% |
| Unknown | 53 | 28% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Engineering | 32 | 17% |
| Chemistry | 22 | 11% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 18 | 9% |
| Materials Science | 16 | 8% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 11 | 6% |
| Other | 31 | 16% |
| Unknown | 62 | 32% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 10. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 07 May 2015.
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#2,938,692
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