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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Acta Biomater. 2016 Oct 6;47:91–99. doi: 10.1016/j.actbio.2016.10.008

Table 2.

Average shape recovery percentage of composites fabricated using each of the hydrogel formulations scouted for use in the composite device (n = 1). Expansion data revealed that composites fabricated using PEG 10 kDa experienced substantially slower shape recovery than PEG 6kDa hydrogels. The selection of the PEG 6 kDa 5 wt% hydrogels for the final composite device was based on its more rapid shape recovery over the PEG 10 kDa hydrogel formulation.

Sample Shape Recovery After 6 min (%)
PEG 6kDa 5wt% 70
PEG 6kDa 10wt% 83
PEG 10kDa 5wt% 59
PEG 10kDa 10wt% 65