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Towards brain-tissue-like biomaterials

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  • Eneko Axpe

    (Stanford University
    Ames Research Center, NASA)

  • Gorka Orive

    (University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU
    Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN)
    University Institute for Regenerative Medicine and Oral Implantology-UIRMI (UPV/EHU-Fundación Eduardo Anitua)
    Singapore Eye Research Institute, The Academia)

  • Kristian Franze

    (University of Cambridge)

  • Eric A. Appel

    (Stanford University
    Stanford University)

Abstract

Many biomaterials have been developed which aim to match the elastic modulus of the brain for improved interfacing. However, other properties such as ultimate toughness, tensile strength, poroviscoelastic responses, energy dissipation, conductivity, and mass diffusivity also need to be considered.

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  • Eneko Axpe & Gorka Orive & Kristian Franze & Eric A. Appel, 2020. "Towards brain-tissue-like biomaterials," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 11(1), pages 1-4, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:11:y:2020:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-020-17245-x
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-17245-x
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