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Sep 2026
Bioinspired polymer-incorporating self-lubricating and antifouling hydrogels.
Healthy articular cartilage exhibits a very low coefficient of friction (CoF ≈ 0.002-0.02) due to hydration lubrication at the slip plane, involving phospholipids bound to macromolecules in the cartilage matrix. Hydrogels that mimic this hydrated phosphorylcholine layer could replicate cartilage lubrication for biomedi...
Wei-Feng Lin, Monika Kluzek, Pan-Pan Zhao et al.
· Acta Biomaterialia · 0 citations