BE184P Instrumentation in Biological Engineering 2 Review Article – Reaction Paper 2.

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I. Make a brief summary or synopsis of the article read. (Limit: minimum 300 words.)

II. Answer the following chronologically:

1. Briefly describe the features or characteristics of a desirable wound dressing material? Why is gelatin
preferred as the main substrate? What is the purpose of adding gellan? What is the purpose of
adding tannic acid?

2. What is/are the significance of determining whether the material’s potential for would dressing
exhibit shear thinning and self-recovery properties? Briefly explain.

3. From the article, what is the optimized proportions of the gelatin, gellan including tannic acid used?
From this formulation, describe the polymer blend’s rheological properties.

4. Briefly describe the methods used in determining the rheological properties of the polymer grafts
and what information can we get from these tests:
a. time sweep test
b. frequency sweep test
c. temperature sweep test
d. strain sweep test

5. Other characterization techniques were performed. Briefly describe the significance of the other
tests conducted and how the results from these tests can support/establish the biomaterial’s
usefulness as wound dressing material.

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