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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Apr 21.
Published in final edited form as: Acta Biomater. 2007 Apr 16;3(5):687–694. doi: 10.1016/j.actbio.2007.02.004

Table 3.

Results of the lap shear tests of joints formed by bonding strips of four-layer lyophilized SIS using MAPS along with Fe3+ or V5+ metal ion solutions of different concentrations as curing agents. Numbers in parentheses in column 1 indicate the final concentration of the curing agent in the adhesive solution. Numbers in parentheses in columns 3 and 4 indicate the standard deviations.

n Adhesive weight
(mg)
Strength (kPa)
Curing agent used with
MAPS
DI water (0 mM) 8 17 (2) 184 (35)
Fe3+ (2.5 mM) 5 15 (1) 190 (30)
Fe3+ (25 mM) 8 14 (3) 241 (52)
Fe3+ (250 mM) 8 14 (1) 190 (49)
V5+ (2.5 mM) 5 19 (2) 240 (27)
V5+ (25 mM) 8 19 (3) 284 (47)
V5+ (250 mM) 8 21 (2) 462 (46)