Engineering At North Carolina State University News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Stay updated with breaking news from Engineering at north carolina state university. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.

Top News In Engineering At North Carolina State University Today - Breaking & Trending Today

Team uses seaweed stuff to make 3D-printed gel


Researchers merged micro- and nano-sized networks of the same materials harnessed from seaweed to create 3D-printable gels with improved and highly controlled properties.
The printed jelly could have applications in biomedical materials think biological scaffolds for growing cells and soft robotics.
Described in the journal
Nature Communications, the findings show that these water-based gels called homocomposite hydrogels are both strong and flexible. They are composed of alginates chemical compounds found in seaweed and algae and commonly used as thickening agents and in wound dressings.
Merging different-size scale networks of the same alginate together eliminates the fragility that can sometimes occur when differing materials are merged together in a hydrogel, says Orlin Velev, professor of chemical and biomolecular Engineering at North Carolina State University and corresponding author of the paper. ....

Lilian Hsiao , Simeon Stoyanov , Orlin Velev , Sangchul Roh , Austin Williams , Engineering At North Carolina State University , Wageningen University , Nature Communications , National Science Foundation , North Carolina State University , ஆஸ்டின் வில்லியம்ஸ் , இயற்கை தகவல்தொடர்புகள் , தேசிய அறிவியல் அடித்தளம் , வடக்கு கரோலினா நிலை பல்கலைக்கழகம் ,