{"entity": "journal", "iuid": "f28daf356a68485d986ecc807180b198", "timestamp": "2026-06-10T22:29:53.230Z", "links": {"self": {"href": "https://publications.scilifelab.se/journal/ACS%20Biomater.%20Sci.%20Eng..json"}, "display": {"href": "https://publications.scilifelab.se/journal/ACS%20Biomater.%20Sci.%20Eng."}}, "title": "ACS Biomater. Sci. Eng.", "issn": "2373-9878", "issn-l": "2373-9878", "publications_count": 1, "publications": [{"entity": "publication", "iuid": "5017d9829ea24c719e82b70d8b45744d", "links": {"self": {"href": "https://publications.scilifelab.se/publication/5017d9829ea24c719e82b70d8b45744d.json"}, "display": {"href": "https://publications.scilifelab.se/publication/5017d9829ea24c719e82b70d8b45744d"}}, "title": "Hyperelastic Nanocellulose-Reinforced Hydrogel of High Water Content for Ophthalmic Applications.", "authors": [{"family": "Tummala", "given": "Gopi Krishna", "initials": "GK"}, {"family": "Joffre", "given": "Thomas", "initials": "T"}, {"family": "Lopes", "given": "Viviana R", "initials": "VR"}, {"family": "Liszka", "given": "Aneta", "initials": "A"}, {"family": "Buznyk", "given": "Oleksiy", "initials": "O"}, {"family": "Ferraz", "given": "Natalia", "initials": "N"}, {"family": "Persson", "given": "Cecilia", "initials": "C", "orcid": "0000-0001-6663-6536", "researcher": {"href": "https://publications.scilifelab.se/researcher/5fb6fe3555374aec90b2a8b9dfd8016b.json"}}, {"family": "Griffith", "given": "May", "initials": "M"}, {"family": "Mihranyan", "given": "Albert", "initials": "A"}], "type": "journal article", "published": "2016-11-14", "journal": {"volume": "2", "issn": "2373-9878", "issue": "11", "pages": "2072-2079", "title": "ACS Biomater. Sci. Eng.", "issn-l": "2373-9878"}, "abstract": "A nanocellulose-reinforced poly(vinyl alcohol) hydrogel material of exceptionally high water content for ophthalmic applications is presented (>90 wt %), which also features a hitherto unprecedented combination of optical, mechanical, viscoelastic, oxygen permeability, and biocompatibility properties. The hydrogel combines the desired softness with remarkable strain-dependent mechanical strength and thereby demonstrates hyperelastic, rubber-like mechanical properties. The observed unusual mechanical behavior is due to both high water content and the combination of relatively stiff cellulose nanowhiskers entangled in a soft polymer matrix of poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA), thus mimicking the structural characteristics of the cornea's main constituents, i.e., water and collagen.", "doi": "10.1021/acsbiomaterials.6b00484", "pmid": "33440543", "labels": {"BioMaterial Interactions (BioMat)": "Collaborative"}, "xrefs": [], "notes": [], "created": "2017-05-08T07:59:48.331Z", "modified": "2021-07-06T14:00:31.874Z"}], "created": "2017-05-09T09:12:43.005Z", "modified": "2020-11-27T13:14:10.049Z"}