Sammenlign metoder

	Svelling og degradering	Dynamisk mekanisk analyse	Elektrospinning
Fagfelt	Biomaterialer	Biomaterialer	Biomaterialer
Familie	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Opprinnelsesår	1960	1960	1934
Opphavsperson	Wichterle and Lim	Ferry and Schwarzl	Anton Formhals
Type	Kinetic assay	Rheological characterization	Fiber fabrication process
Opprinnelig kilde	Wichterle, O., & Lim, D. (1960). Hydrophilic gels for biological use. Nature, 185(4706), 117-118.	Menard, K. P. (2008). Dynamic mechanical analysis: a practical introduction (2nd ed.). CRC Press.	Formhals, A. (1934). Process and apparatus for preparing artificial threads. U.S. Patent 1,975,504.
Alias	hydrogel swelling, polymer degradation, mass loss assay	DMA, rheological analysis, viscoelastic testing	electrospun fiber production, electrostatic fiber spinning
Relaterte	4	3	3
Sammendrag	The swelling and degradation assay measures how biomaterial scaffolds absorb water (swelling) and lose mass over time due to degradation. Developed by Wichterle and Lim in 1960 for hydrogels, the assay is fundamental for characterizing hydrogels, synthetic polymers, and composite scaffolds intended for tissue engineering. The assay provides quantitative data on swelling kinetics (equilibrium water content, swelling ratio), degradation kinetics (mass loss rate, half-life), and mechanisms of degradation (chain scission, enzymatic breakdown).	Dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA) measures the viscoelastic properties of materials—their elastic stiffness and viscous damping—by applying a sinusoidal stress or strain and measuring the phase lag and amplitude of the material's response. Developed from rheology principles in the 1960s and formalized by Ferry, Schwarzl, and others, DMA provides quantitative measures of how polymeric biomaterials respond to time-dependent and frequency-dependent mechanical stimuli. Key outputs include the storage modulus (elastic component), loss modulus (viscous component), and loss tangent (tan δ), which together characterize the material's mechanical behavior across temperature and frequency ranges.	Electrospinning is an electrostatic fiber fabrication process that uses a high electric field to draw polymer solutions or melts into nanoscale fibers. Developed by Anton Formhals in the 1930s and refined by researchers including Darrell Reneker in the 1990s, the technique has become foundational to biomaterials engineering, enabling the creation of porous scaffolds for tissue engineering and drug delivery systems.