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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Oct 14.
Published in final edited form as: ACS Nano. 2017 Mar 9;11(3):2598–2610. doi: 10.1021/acsnano.6b06730

Figure 6.

Figure 6

Mechanical reinforcement of nanocomposite hydrogels. (A) The effects of overall macromer content on mechanics as a function of MMT concentration. Two macromer contents with identical dextran:dendrimer ratios (20% dextran/24.6% dendrimer and 15% dextran/18.5% dendrimer) were tested with 3% LAP and a range of MMT loading. Nanofiller content is reported as final concentration in the hydrogel; concentration in the individual macromer solutions was doubled due to 1:1 mixing. (B) MMT and LAP loading were varied from 0–5% and 0–3%, respectively, in constant 20% dextran and 24.6% dendrimer macromer solutions. (C) Nanoparticulates CB and nHAp were tested at 0–5% loading compared to MMT. All hydrogels contained 3% LAP.