The application of silicon sol –gel technology to forensic blood substitute development: Mimicking aspects of whole human blood rheology

Solution –gelation chemistry has promising applications in forensic synthetic blood substitute development. This research offers a silicon-based sol–gel approach to creating stable materials that share similar rheological properties to that of whole human blood samples. Room temperature, high water conte nt, silicon sol–gels were created using the organosilane precursors 3-glycidoxypropyltrimethoxysilane and tetraethylorthosilicate along with various concentrations of filler and pigment. Shear-thinning non-Newtonian properties were observed within most formulations of the presented materials.
Source: Forensic Science International - Category: Forensic Medicine Authors: Source Type: research