journal article·2025-03Open access

Engineering strong and tough collagen hydrogels and tissue constructs via twisting and crosslinking

Tingting Li, Zixing Zhou, Yang Xie, Wei Cai, Xiaobin Zhu, Yuanbo Jia, Zuoqi Zhang, Feng Xu, Guoyou Huang

Cell Reports Physical Science· Volume 6· Issue 3

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OpenAlex topics: Collagen: Extraction and Characterization · Bone Tissue Engineering Materials · 3D Printing in Biomedical Research

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