Journal article
Fibrous hydrogels under biaxial confinement
Abstract
Confinement of fibrous hydrogels in narrow capillaries is of great importance in biological and biomedical systems. Stretching and uniaxial compression of fibrous hydrogels have been extensively studied; however, their response to biaxial confinement in capillaries remains unexplored. Here, we show experimentally and theoretically that due to the asymmetry in the mechanical properties of the constituent filaments that are soft upon compression …
Authors
Li Y; Li Y; Prince E; Weitz JI; Panyukov S; Ramachandran A; Rubinstein M; Kumacheva E
Journal
Nature Communications, Vol. 13, No. 1,
Publisher
Springer Nature
DOI
10.1038/s41467-022-30980-7
ISSN
2041-1723