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Environmentally-controlled Microtensile Testing of Mechanically-adaptive Polymer Nanocomposites for ex vivo Characterization
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1Advanced Platform Technology Center, Rehabilitation Research and Development,Louis Stokes Cleveland Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 2Department of Biomedical Engineering,Case Western Reserve University, 3Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Case Western Reserve University
Chapters
- 00:05Title
- 01:39Sample Preparation
- 03:54Establish Environmental Conditions
- 05:27Compare Environmental Control to Non-environmental Control
- 06:14Probe Implantation into and Explantation from Cortical Tissue
- 07:30Microtensile Testing of Implant Samples
- 08:49Data Analysis
- 09:30Results: Young’s Modulus and Stress-Strain Measurements of Control and ex vivo Samples
- 11:03Conclusion
A method is discussed by which the in vivo mechanical behavior of stimuli-responsive materials is monitored as a function of time. Samples are tested ex vivo using a microtensile tester with environmental controls to simulate the physiological environment. This work further promotes understanding the in vivo behavior of our material.
