A 3-D constitutive model for finite element analyses of agarose with a range of gel concentrations

• Matthew Phillips

Hydrogels have seen widespread utility throughout biomedical sciences and there’s appreciable curiosity in utilizing hydrogels, together with agarose, for creating in vitro three-dimensional environments to develop cells and examine mechanobiology and mechanotransduction. Current advances within the preparation of agarose gels allow profitable encapsulation of viable cells at gel concentrations as excessive as 5%. Agarose with…