Local extensional flows promote long-range fiber alignment in 3D collagen hydrogels
A. Ahmed, I. M. Joshi, M. Mansouri, A. M. Byerley, S. W. Day, T. R. Gaborski, V. V. Abhyankar
The paper demonstrates that local extensional flows align collagen fibers in 3D hydrogels, enabling long-range fiber alignment and multi-layered matrix fabrication.
bioRxiv · Feb 4, 2022Bioengineering