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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biomaterials. 2018 Jun 27;179:109–121. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2018.06.038

Fig 2. Alginate Lyase Increases the Porosity of Alginate Hydrogels.

Fig 2.

Alginate hydrogels with higher concentrations of alginate lyase resulted in larger mesh size. Brownian dynamic simulations found that mesh size increased for higher concentrations of alginate lyase, with the greatest increase in mesh size near the center of the hydrogel (A). Mesh size determined from mechanical data also found that the mesh size significantly increases for hydrogels with higher concentrations of alginate lyase (B). Polystyrene beads had faster release from hydrogels incorporating alginate lyase (C). On figure panel A, the color represents the mesh size of each unit cell of the simulated hydrogel. Data represent mean ± SD (indicated by shaded areas). (B & C, n = 3–4).