• 文献标题:   X-ray tomography analysis reveals the influence of graphene on porous morphology of collagen cryogels
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   AGARWAL G, AGRAWAL AK, FATIMA A, SRIVASTAVA A
  • 作者关键词:   xray tomography, cryogel, graphene, porosity, porewall, collagen
  • 出版物名称:   MICRON
  • ISSN:   0968-4328 EI 1878-4291
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  • 被引频次:   1
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.micron.2021.103127 EA AUG 2021
  • 出版年:   2021

▎ 摘  要

X-ray micro-tomography based analysis of porous hydrogel has gained a wide attention recently. It provides an advantage in three-dimensional analysis of pore morphometric and interconnection within the hydrogel network. We have fabricated highly elastic graphene crosslinked collagen hydrogel using cryogelation technique. The influence of graphene as a nano-crosslinker on the overall porosity and inter-connections between the pores in collagen cryogels was determined using X-ray micro-tomography. We have evaluated the effect of different concentration of amino-functionalized graphene nano-crosslinker on collagen cryogels porosity, pore volume, interconnectivity density, fractal dimensions and pore wall thickness. This study, reveals that the use of graphene as a nano-crosslinker have improved micro-architecture as compare to collagen cryogels in the absence of gra-phene for tissue engineering applications.