Mechanica lPropertie so fCoagulate dAlbumi nan dFailure Mechanism so fLive rRepaire dwit hth eUs eo fa nArgon-Beam Coagulato rwit hAlbumin

Hemostasi si nth etraumatize dlive rha sbee nachieve db ythermall ydenaturing topicall yapplie dalbumin .I nthi sarticle ,th emechanica lpropertie so flive ran ddenatured albumi n(solder )wer emeasured ,an dth efailur emethod so flive rrepaire dwit halbumi nwere identified .Th eultimat etensil estrengt han dYoung' smodulu swer emeasure dfo rhealth yliver ( N 20 )an dthermall ydamage dlive r( N 20) .Th eultimat etensil estrengt han dYoung's modulu swer emeasure dfo rthre econcentration so fcoagulate dalbumi n(25 ,38 ,an d53% )in asingl elaye ran dfo rtw olayer so fdenature d38 %albumin .Failur eunde rtensio nof argon-bea mcoagulato rsoldere dlive ro nth eparenchyma lsurfac e( N 30 )wit h38 %albumin i ntw olayer sha da 70 %occurrenc efo rtearin ga ta mea nstres so f3 9kP aan da 23% occurrenc efo rshearin ga ta mea nstres so f7 kPa .Live rrepaire do nth einterio rsurfac e(N 11 )faile di ntensio nb ytearin g(64% )a ta mea nstres so f3 4kP aan db yshearin g(36% )at amea nstres so f6 kPa .Argon-bea mcoagulato rsolderin gwit h38 %albumi ntoo k6 s/cm 2 for tw olayer so fsolde ran dgav eth ebes tbalanc eo fusability ,strength ,an dmatchin gof mechanica lpropertie swit hthos eo fth eliver . ©200 2Wile yPeriodicals ,Inc .J Biome dMate rRe s(Appl Biomater )63 :722-728 ,2002