Micromechanical properties of biomedical hydrogel for application as microchannel elastomer

Droplet-on-chip electro-spectroscopy detects the ultra-short relaxation time of a dilute polymer solution

“…This, in turn, may influence the resulting functionalities of a droplet encapsulation to a rather discernible extent, holding the key in many practical applications, such as inkjet printing, 1 drop deposition, 2 spray atomization, 3 the rapid prototyping of gel-like biocompatible materials, and targeted delivery of drugs mediated by them. 4 The partly viscous and partly elastic nature of such dilute polymer solutions (combined, known as viscoelastic property), as opposed to a completely viscous nature of the solvent, plays an imperative role in orchestrating their intrinsic abilities to adapt to various shapes and sizes, when subjected to a plethora of dynamic conditions ranging from mechanically-imposed stretching to the physiological movement along with the body fluids, 5 hallmarking a wide variety of applications in nature, engineering, and biology.…”