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Synthesis and characterization of collagen methacrylamide sponges for use as a biological scaffold
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Synthesis and characterization of collagen methacrylamide sponges for use as a biological scaffold
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Jonathan Richard
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Jonathan Branch
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Shreiber
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David
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David Shreiber
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chair
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Berthiaume
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Francois
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Francois Berthiaume
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internal member
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Dunn
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Michael
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Michael Dunn
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Rutgers University
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Graduate School - New Brunswick
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theses
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2012
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2012-10
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2012
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eng
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The goal of this thesis was to develop collagen methacrylamide (CMA) into a functional biological scaffold by enhancing its physical strength. CMA is a biocompatible, functionalized type I collagen moiety whose physical strength can be modulated by UV light exposure. Commercially-available, collagen-based biological devices comprised of decellularized ECM possess excellent mechanical properties, but are limited in their amenability to physical and chemical patterning. Scaffolds manufactured from purified collagens are not suitable for most biomedical applications because of their limited physical strength. In the first study, collagen methacrylamide was processed into sponges by lyophilization. Subsequently, the material was characterized through rheometry and found to be weaker than its corresponding hydrogel. A second study evaluated increasing the concentration of the material to increase its strength. In a third study, EDC crosslinking was employed as an additional method to increase the strength of CMA. Both studies demonstrated an increase in the tensile strength and elastic modulus of CMA sponges. However, further increases in strength will be necessary in order for this device to be feasible as a biological scaffold. Nevertheless, the potential exists for CMA sponges, containing gradients of stiffness or peptide-patterning, to be developed into a superior material for numerous tissue engineering applications.
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Biomedical Engineering
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xiii, 106 p. : ill.
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M.S.
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Includes bibliographical references
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by Jonathan Richard Branch
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Collagen
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Biology--Research
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Tissue scaffolds
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doi:10.7282/T3DR2T8P
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ETD graduate
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Jonathan
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2012-09-26 19:36:33
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Jonathan Branch
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I hereby grant to the Rutgers University Libraries and to my school the non-exclusive right to archive, reproduce and distribute my thesis or dissertation, in whole or in part, and/or my abstract, in whole or in part, in and from an electronic format, subject to the release date subsequently stipulated in this submittal form and approved by my school. I represent and stipulate that the thesis or dissertation and its abstract are my original work, that they do not infringe or violate any rights of others, and that I make these grants as the sole owner of the rights to my thesis or dissertation and its abstract. I represent that I have obtained written permissions, when necessary, from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis or dissertation and will supply copies of such upon request by my school. I acknowledge that RU ETD and my school will not distribute my thesis or dissertation or its abstract if, in their reasonable judgment, they believe all such rights have not been secured. I acknowledge that I retain ownership rights to the copyright of my work. I also retain the right to use all or part of this thesis or dissertation in future works, such as articles or books.
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