Rheological behavior of alginate solutions for biomanufacturing
The rheological behavior of alginate solutions were investigated for the optimal design of a biomanufacturing system to produce alginate structures for tissue engineering. Its rheological properties were determined by a rheometer through rotational and oscillatory tests. Experimental results were us...
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Published in | Journal of applied polymer science Vol. 113; no. 6; pp. 3866 - 3871 |
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Main Authors | , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Hoboken
Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
15.09.2009
Wiley |
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Summary: | The rheological behavior of alginate solutions were investigated for the optimal design of a biomanufacturing system to produce alginate structures for tissue engineering. Its rheological properties were determined by a rheometer through rotational and oscillatory tests. Experimental results were used to model the alginate solutions characteristics. The findings suggest that alginate solutions undergo shear-thinning effects with increasing shear rates. It is also possible to observe that its loss modulus is higher than the storage modulus ones being both modulus dependent upon the frequency, which is a typical characteristic of dilute solutions. |
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Bibliography: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/app.30170 istex:717A1AAC32BC9654B8CF48955D8B2736797D2D5C ark:/67375/WNG-QJLNC8DV-F Foundation for Science and Technology - No. POCI/SAU-BMA/60287/2004; No. POCTI/EME/60650/2004 ArticleID:APP30170 ObjectType-Article-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-1 content type line 23 |
ISSN: | 0021-8995 1097-4628 1097-4628 |
DOI: | 10.1002/app.30170 |