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Magnetically self-assembled heterogenous hydrogels as vascular plaque models
In this project, we plan to study the magnetic hydrogel assemblies in the fluidic channel and fabricate mechanically realistic plague models. We hope this could be useful to test the novel surgical tools to mechanically remove blood clogs.
Keywords: Magnetic hydrogel, plaque, medical phantom, hydrogel assemblies
There are growing interests of mechanically remove the blood clogs and vascular plaques in the coronary arteries. The novel interventional surgical devices could revolutionize the treatment in critical conditions.
However, existing blood clogs models are mostly homogenous and cannot mimic the complex mechanical properties of actual plaques. In this project, we plan to study the magnetic hydrogel assemblies in the fluidic channel and fabricate mechanically realistic plague models. We hope this could be useful to test the novel surgical tools to mechanically remove blood clogs.
There are growing interests of mechanically remove the blood clogs and vascular plaques in the coronary arteries. The novel interventional surgical devices could revolutionize the treatment in critical conditions. However, existing blood clogs models are mostly homogenous and cannot mimic the complex mechanical properties of actual plaques. In this project, we plan to study the magnetic hydrogel assemblies in the fluidic channel and fabricate mechanically realistic plague models. We hope this could be useful to test the novel surgical tools to mechanically remove blood clogs.
This project is composed of following tasks:
1, fabrication of magnetic hydrogels with various mechanical properties.
2, build up structured magnets and fluidic setup to assemble magnetic hydrogel particles.
3, model and test the mechanical properties of the assembled hydrogel structures.
Students who have experience with hydrogel and microfluidics setup are preferred.
This project is composed of following tasks: 1, fabrication of magnetic hydrogels with various mechanical properties. 2, build up structured magnets and fluidic setup to assemble magnetic hydrogel particles. 3, model and test the mechanical properties of the assembled hydrogel structures. Students who have experience with hydrogel and microfluidics setup are preferred.
If you are interested in this project, please send your CV and transcript of records to Hongri(Richard) Gu: hgu@ethz.ch
If you are interested in this project, please send your CV and transcript of records to Hongri(Richard) Gu: hgu@ethz.ch