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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jan 13.
Published in final edited form as: ACS Biomater Sci Eng. 2019 Dec 10;6(1):308–319. doi: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.9b01520

Fig 1. Design of a Computational Model that Mimics the Hydrogel Polymer Network and Enabled the Prediction of the Cross-link Density and Mesh Size of Various Alginate Hydrogels.

Fig 1.

The cross-link density and mesh size of alginate hydrogels composed of various polymer volume fractions and percent G-block content were determined via computational simulations. A schematic of the computational model of the hydrogel is provided (A). The cross-link density of alginate hydrogels was predicted to exponentially increase for hydrogels with polymers containing higher G-block content (B). The model anticipated a wide range of alginate hydrogel mesh sizes based on polymer volume fraction and G-block content (C). In figure panel B and C, dashed lines represent mean. (B–C, n = 10).