A dendronised polymer architecture breaks the conventional inverse relationship between porosity and mechanical properties of hydrogels. Issue 6 (23rd December 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Evans, Cameron W.; Ho, Diwei; Lee, Peter K. H.; Martin, Adam D.; Chin, Ian L.; Wei, Zhenli; Li, Hua; Atkin, Rob; Choi, Yu Suk; Norret, Marck; Thordarson, Pall; Iyer, K. Swaminathan
• Is Part Of: Chemical communications. Volume 57:Issue 6(2021)
• Page Start: 773
• Page End: 776
• Publication Date: 2020-12-23
• Subjects: Chemistry -- Periodicals; 540
• DOI: 10.1039/d0cc07115c
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1359-7345

Abstract

Abstract : We present a series of synthetic polymer hydrogels which break the traditional correlation between pore size and mechanical properties. Abstract : We present a series of synthetic polymer hydrogels which break the traditional correlation between pore size and mechanical properties. The hydrogels are prepared from a dendronised polymer architecture based on a methacrylate copolymer to which poly(amido amine) dendrons are attached. Our approach will be useful in tailoring hydrogels for tissue engineering, controlled drug release, and flexible electronics.