Fig. 2

Rheological assessments: (a) temperature-dependent viscosity (n = 3). (b) viscosity of hydrogel solutions at 26 °C (n = 3), *p ≤ .05, **p ≤ .01, ***p ≤ .001, (c) shear-dependent viscosity (n = 3). (d) plots fitted to Carreau-Yasuda (solid red line) and Carreau (dash blue line) models compared with experimental values (circles).