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Boronic acid-modified alginate enables direct formation of injectable, self-healing and multistimuli-responsive hydrogels.

Authors :
Pettignano A
Grijalvo S
Häring M
Eritja R
Tanchoux N
Quignard F
Díaz Díaz D
Source :
Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) [Chem Commun (Camb)] 2017 Mar 16; Vol. 53 (23), pp. 3350-3353.
Publication Year :
2017

Abstract

One-step functionalization of alginate with boronic acid groups allowed spontaneous formation of biocompatible hydrogels under basic conditions without additional complementary molecules or crosslinking agents. The dynamic nature of boronate ester bonds formed with vicinal diols present on alginate pyranose rings provided remarkable self-healing, injectable and multi-stimuli responsive properties to the material.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1364-548X
Volume :
53
Issue :
23
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
28261723
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1039/c7cc00765e