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2012 (English)In: Soft Matter, ISSN 1744-683X, E-ISSN 1744-6848, Vol. 8, no 40, p. 10241-10244Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Hyaluronan has been found to play an important role in boundary lubrication in joints, but model experiments have shown that free hyaluronan is reluctant to stay between surfaces. We show that hyaluronan, when assisted by a phospholipid bilayer, can act as a boundary lubricant, even at pressures well above those leading to breakdown of cartilage.
Keywords
Boundary lubricants, Boundary lubrications, Hyaluronan, Model experiments, Phospholipid bilayer, Chemistry, Materials science, Phospholipids
National Category
Chemical Sciences
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-104950 (URN)10.1039/c2sm26615f (DOI)000310829200006 ()2-s2.0-84866994734 (Scopus ID)
Funder
Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research Vinnova
Note
QC 20121119
2012-11-192012-11-142017-12-07Bibliographically approved