Hydrogel mechanical properties in altered gravity.


Journal

NPJ microgravity
ISSN: 2373-8065
Titre abrégé: NPJ Microgravity
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101703605

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
08 Aug 2024
Historique:
received: 19 02 2022
accepted: 21 03 2024
medline: 9 8 2024
pubmed: 9 8 2024
entrez: 8 8 2024
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Exposure to altered gravity influences cellular behaviour in cell cultures. Hydrogels are amongst the most common materials used to produce tissue-engineering scaffolds, and their mechanical properties play a crucial role in cell-matrix interaction. However, little is known about the influence of altered gravity on hydrogel properties. Here we study the mechanical properties of Poly (ethylene glycol) diacrylate (PEGDA) and PEGDA incorporated with graphene oxide (GO) by performing tensile tests in micro and hypergravity during a Parabolic flight campaign, and by comparing them to the same tests performed in Earth gravity. We show that gravity levels do not result in a statistically significant difference in Young's modulus.

Identifiants

pubmed: 39117674
doi: 10.1038/s41526-024-00388-2
pii: 10.1038/s41526-024-00388-2
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

83

Informations de copyright

© 2024. The Author(s).

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Auteurs

Vanja Mišković (V)

Centre for Research and Engineering in Space Technologies, École Polytechnique de Bruxelles, Université libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.

Immacolata Greco (I)

Centre for Research and Engineering in Space Technologies, École Polytechnique de Bruxelles, Université libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.

Christophe Minetti (C)

Centre for Research and Engineering in Space Technologies, École Polytechnique de Bruxelles, Université libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.

Francesca Cialdai (F)

ASAcampus Joint Laboratory, ASA Research Division, Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences « Mario Serio », University of Florence, Florence, Italy.

Monica Monici (M)

ASAcampus Joint Laboratory, ASA Research Division, Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences « Mario Serio », University of Florence, Florence, Italy.

Arianna Gazzi (A)

Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy.
Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.

Jeremiah Marcellino (J)

Cambridge Graphene Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB3 0FA, UK.

Yarjan Abdul Samad (YA)

Cambridge Graphene Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB3 0FA, UK.

Lucia Gemma Delogu (LG)

Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
Department of Biological Science, Khalifa university of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Andrea C Ferrari (AC)

Cambridge Graphene Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB3 0FA, UK.

Carlo Saverio Iorio (CS)

Centre for Research and Engineering in Space Technologies, École Polytechnique de Bruxelles, Université libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium. carlo.iorio@ulb.be.

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