Prestressed Composite Polymer Gels as a Model of the Extracellular-Matrix of Cartilage

Articular cartilage is a composite hydrogel found in animal and human joints, which exhibits unique load-bearing properties that have been challenging to reproduce in synthetic materials and model in molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. We computationally investigate a composite hydrogel that mimics...

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Main Authors: Alexandros Chremos, Jack F. Douglas, Peter J. Basser, Ferenc Horkay
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-11-01
Series:Gels
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2310-2861/8/11/707