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6 - Hydrogels with dynamically tunable properties

from Part I - Micro-nano techniques in cell mechanobiology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 November 2015

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Murat Guvendiren  and
Jason A. Burdick
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Yu Sun ,
Deok-Ho Kim  and
Craig A. Simmons
Yu Sun
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University of Toronto
Deok-Ho Kim
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University of Washington
Craig A. Simmons
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University of Toronto
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Integrative Mechanobiology
Micro- and Nano- Techniques in Cell Mechanobiology
 , pp. 90 - 109
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2015

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