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Nanoscale mechanical properties of chitosan hydrogels as revealed by AFM

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In the context of tissue engineering, chitosan hydrogels are attractive biomaterials because they represent a family of natural polymers exhibiting several suitable features (cytocompatibility, bioresorbability, wound healing, bacteriostatic and fungistatic properties, structural similarity with glycosaminoglycans), and tunable mechanical properties. Optimizing the design of these biomaterials requires fine knowledge of its physical characteristics prior to assessment of the cell-biomaterial interactions. In this work, using atomic force microscopy (AFM), we report a characterization of mechanical and topographical properties at the submicron range of chitosan hydrogels, depending on physico-chemical parameters such as their polymer concentration (1.5%, 2.5% and 3.5%), their degree of acetylation (4% and 38.5%), and the conditions of the gelation process. Well-known polyacrylamide gels were used to validate the methodology approach for the determination and analysis of elastic modulus (i.e., Young's modulus) distribution at the gel surface. We present elastic modulus distribution and topographical and stiffness maps for different chitosan hydrogels. For each chitosan hydrogel formulation, AFM analyses reveal a specific asymmetric elastic modulus distribution that constitutes a useful hallmark for chitosan hydrogel characterization. Our results regarding the local mechanical properties and the topography of chitosan hydrogels initiate new possibilities for an interpretation of the behavior of cells in contact with such soft materials.
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inserm-03160865 , version 1 (05-03-2021)

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A. Ben Bouali, A. Montembault, L. David, Y. von Boxberg, M. Viallon, et al.. Nanoscale mechanical properties of chitosan hydrogels as revealed by AFM. Progress in Biomaterials, 2020, 9 (4), pp.187-201. ⟨10.1007/s40204-020-00141-4⟩. ⟨inserm-03160865⟩
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