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ArticleGels (Basel, Switzerland)2024

Ionic Strength Impacts the Physical Properties of Agarose Hydrogels.

Pasquale Sacco, Francesco Piazza, Eleonora Marsich, Michela Abrami, Mario Grassi, Ivan Donati

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Article in Gels (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Pasquale SaccoDepartment of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, Via Licio Giorgieri 5, I-34127 Trieste, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4483-5099
Francesco PiazzaDepartment of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, Via Licio Giorgieri 5, I-34127 Trieste, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2991-5557
Eleonora MarsichDepartment of Medicine, Surgery and Health Sciences, University of Trieste, Piazza dell'Ospitale 1, I-34129 Trieste, Italy.
Michela AbramiDepartment of Engineering and Architecture, University of Trieste, Via A. Valerio 6/1, I-34127 Trieste, Italy.
Mario GrassiDepartment of Engineering and Architecture, University of Trieste, Via A. Valerio 6/1, I-34127 Trieste, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3532-3200
Ivan DonatiDepartment of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, Via Licio Giorgieri 5, I-34127 Trieste, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3752-8346
University of Trieste · IT

Funding

University of Trieste D40-microgrants23_SACCO
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Agarose is a natural polysaccharide known for its ability to form thermoreversible hydrogels. While the effects of curing temperature and polysaccharide concentration on mechanical properties have been discussed in the literature, the role of ionic strength has been less studied. In the present manuscript, we investigate the effects of supporting salt concentration and the role of cation (i.e. Na

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agarosehydrogelionic strengthmechanical propertiesstructuring of the water

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PMID38391424
PMCPMC11154414
OpenAlexW4391231555

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