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. 2023 Feb 8;9(2):144. doi: 10.3390/gels9020144

Figure 3.

Figure 3

Synthetic hydrogel composites with mechanical strength comparable to or even greater than AC. (A) Illustration of the BC–PVA–PAMPS hydrogel fabrication process. Reprinted with permission from Ref [62]. Copyright 2020, Wiley-VCH. (B) Compressive strength and compressive modulus of annealed BC–PVA–PAMPS hydrogel (mean ± SD), and the friction coefficient of annealed BC–PVA–PAMPS hydrogels sliding against AC. (C) Illustration of treatment of AC defect using annealed BC–PVA–PAMPS hydrogel. Panels (B,C) are reprinted with permission from Ref [63]. Copyright 2022, Wiley-VCH.