Bonding of macromolecular hydrogels using perturbants.
2008
This work describes a method to bond patterned macromolecular gels into monolithic structures using perturbants. Bonding strengths for a variety of solutes follow a Hofmeister ordering; this result and optical measurements indicate that bonding occurs by reversible perturbation of contacting gels. The resulting microfluidic gels are mechanically robust and can serve as scaffolds for cell culture.
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