Synthesis of well-defined hydrogel networks using click chemistry

…, N Gupta, L Mespouille, P Dubois, AF Mason…

Index: Malkoch, Michael; Vestberg, Robert; Gupta, Nalini; Mespouille, Laetitia; Dubois, Philipe; Mason, Andrew F.; Hedrick, James L.; Liao, Qi; Frank, Curtis W.; Kingsbury, Kevin; Hawker, Craig J. Chemical Communications, 2006 , # 26 p. 2774 - 2776

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Abstract

New PEG-based hydrogel materials have been synthesized by Click chemistry and shown to result in well-defined networks having significantly improved mechanical properties; the selectivity of the azide/acetylene coupling reaction also allows for the incorporation of various additives and functional groups leading to chemical tailoring of the hydrogels.