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Calcium-Mediated Secondary Cross-Linking of Bisphosphonated Oligo(poly(ethylene glycol) Fumarate) Hydrogels

  • M. Reza Nejadnik
  • , Xia Yang
  • , Tokio Mimura
  • , Zeinab Tahmasebi Birgani
  • , Pamela Habibovic
  • , Kiyoshi Itatani
  • , John A. Jansen
  • , Jons Hilborn
  • , Dmitri Ossipov
  • , Antonios G. Mikos
  • , Sander C. G. Leeuwenburgh*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

This study demonstrates, for the first time, that synthetic PEG-based hydrogels can be cross-linked reversibly by calcium upon functionalization of the polymer backbone with bisphosphonate groups (BPs) that allow for the formation of strong coordination bonds with divalent metal ions such as Mg(2+) and Ca(2+). More specifically, it is shown that BP-functionalized hydrogels can be shaped by providing calcium ions as reversible physical cross-linkers.© 2013 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1308-1313
Number of pages6
JournalMacromolecular Bioscience
Volume13
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2013
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • SURFACE MODIFICATION
  • POLYMER NETWORKS
  • NANOPARTICLES
  • METALLOPOLYMERS
  • IONS

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