Enzymatically crosslinked alginate hydrogels with improved adhesion properties12. Issue 12 (28th March 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hou, Junxia; Li, Chong; Guan, Ying; Zhang, Yongjun; Zhu, X. X.
• Is Part Of: Polymer chemistry. Volume 6:Issue 12(2015)
• Page Start: 2204
• Page End: 2213
• Publication Date: 2015-03-28
• Subjects: Polymers -- Periodicals; Macromolecules -- Periodicals; Polymerization -- Periodicals; 547.705
• DOI: 10.1039/c4py01757a
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1759-9954

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="toc"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p> <graphic position="anchor" id="ga" xlink:href="ark:/27927/pgjbfwsxx2" xlink:type="simple" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" />Alginate–dopamine (Alg–DA) conjugate, a polymer with catechol side groups instead of phenol groups, gels <italic>in situ</italic> in the presence of HRP and H₂O₂. The resulting hydrogels exhibit significantly improved adhesion properties.</p> </abstract>