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. 2019 Aug 6;10:3523. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-11511-3

Fig. 1.

Fig. 1

Characterization of photocross-linked MeGC-MMT nanocomposite hydrogels. a Schematic illustration of MeGC-MMT hydrogel cured by visible blue light cross-linking with riboflavin as the photoinitiator in the presence of MMT. b Young’s modulus of MeGC-MMT nanocomposite hydrogels with various amount of MMT. c Equilibrium water content of MeGC-MMT nanocomposite hydrogels. d Degradation profiles of MeGC-MMT nanocomposite hydrogels in the presence of 0% (square), 1.5% (circle), and 3% (triangle) MMT in PBS at 37 °C for 42 days. Error bars indicate standard deviation (n = 5). *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, and ***p < 0.001 compared with the control MeGC group with 0% MMT (ANOVA followed by Tukey’s post hoc test)