A comprehensive review of indentation of gels and soft biological materials

D He, D Malu, Y Hu - Applied Mechanics Reviews, 2024‏ - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Indentation measurement has emerged as a widely adapted technique for elucidating the
mechanical properties of soft hydrated materials. These materials, encompassing gels, cells …

Mechanical characterization for cellular mechanobiology: Current trends and future prospects

BN Narasimhan, MS Ting, T Kollmetz… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2020‏ - frontiersin.org
Accurate mechanical characterization of adherent cells and their substrates is important for
understanding the influence of mechanical properties on cells themselves. Recent …

Tunable porosity of covalently crosslinked alginate-based hydrogels and its significance in drug release behavior

SAP Siboro, DSB Anugrah, K Ramesh, SH Park… - Carbohydrate …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Task-specific drug release is essential in the development of hydrogels as drug delivery
systems. The aim of the study is to report the effect of porosity on alginate hydrogels, which …

Force‐Triggered Self‐Destructive Hydrogels

T Rajasooriya, H Ogasawara, Y Dong… - Advanced …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Self‐destructive polymers (SDPs) are defined as a class of smart polymers that
autonomously degrade upon experiencing an external trigger, such as a chemical cue or …

Mechanical relaxations of hydrogels governed by their physical or chemical crosslinks

S Cuenot, P Gélébart, C Sinquin… - Journal of the …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
In the field of tissue engineering, in order to restore tissue functionality hydrogels that closely
mimic biological and mechanical properties of the extracellular matrix are intensely …

Synthetic hydrogels as blood clot mimicking wound healing materials

MK Rausch, SH Parekh, B Dortdivanlioglu… - Progress in …, 2021‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Excessive bleeding—or hemorrhage—causes millions of civilian and non-civilian casualties
every year. Additionally, wound sequelae, such as infections, are a significant source of …

Dynamic mechanical analysis of suspended soft bodies via hydraulic force spectroscopy

M Berardi, K Gnanachandran, J Jiang, K Bielawski… - Soft Matter, 2023‏ - pubs.rsc.org
The rheological characterization of soft suspended bodies, such as cells, organoids, or
synthetic microstructures, is particularly challenging, even with state-of-the-art methods (eg …

Crossover behavior in stress relaxations of poroelastic and viscoelastic dominant hydrogels

H Li, X Lian, D Guan - Soft Matter, 2023‏ - pubs.rsc.org
The mechanical response and relaxation behavior of hydrogels are crucial to their diverse
functions and applications. However, understanding how stress relaxation depends on the …

A poroelastic master curve for time‐dependent and multiscale mechanics of hydrogels

MR Islam, ML Oyen - Journal of Materials Research, 2021‏ - Springer
Mechanical properties of hydrogels are of considerable interest for applications including
tissue engineering and drug delivery. However, mechanical characterization of hydrogels is …

Poroelastic shape relaxation of hydrogel particles

JF Louf, SS Datta - Soft matter, 2021‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Hydrogels are commonly used in research and energy, manufacturing, agriculture, and
biomedical applications. These uses typically require hydrogel mechanics and internal …