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ArticleMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2018

A Combined Approach of Double Network Hydrogel and Nanocomposites Based on Hyaluronic Acid and Poly(ethylene glycol) Diacrylate Blend.

Alfredo Ronca, Ugo D'Amora, Maria Grazia Raucci, Hai Lin, Yujiang Fan, Xingdong Zhang, Luigi Ambrosio

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Article in Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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22citing papers in PubMed
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22 citing papers in PubMed, 40 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Alfredo RoncaInstitute of Polymers, Composites and Biomaterials, National Research Council, 80125 Naples, Italy. alfredo.ronca@cnr.it.
Ugo D'AmoraInstitute of Polymers, Composites and Biomaterials, National Research Council, 80125 Naples, Italy. ugo.damora@cnr.it.ORCID 0000-0002-6142-059X
Maria Grazia RaucciInstitute of Polymers, Composites and Biomaterials, National Research Council, 80125 Naples, Italy. mariagrazia.raucci@cnr.it.ORCID 0000-0002-0516-4181
Hai LinNational Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials, Sichuan University, Chengdu 61000, China. ohai3@163.com.
Yujiang FanNational Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials, Sichuan University, Chengdu 61000, China. yujiang.fan@163.com.
Xingdong ZhangNational Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials, Sichuan University, Chengdu 61000, China. zhangxd@scu.edu.cn.
Luigi AmbrosioInstitute of Polymers, Composites and Biomaterials, National Research Council, 80125 Naples, Italy. luigi.ambrosio@cnr.it.
National Research Council · ITSichuan University · CN

Funding

H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions 734391
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this study, an innovative polymer blend, based on double network (DN) approach, has been developed by integrating a poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate (PEGDA) network into a chemically modified hyaluronic acid sodium salt (HAs) hydrogel matrix. Here, the HAs was chemically functionalized with photocrosslinkable moieties by reacting with maleic anhydride (MAA) to obtain a maleated hyaluronic acid (MaHA). Furthermore, nanocomposite DN hydrogels were suitably prepared by physical blending of hydroxyapatite nanoparticles (HAp), obtained by sol-gel synthesis, within the hydrogel. Physico-chemical, thermal, morphological and mechanical analyses were performed. Results showed enhanced mechanical properties and a homogenous microstructure as highlighted by mechanical and morphological investigations. This suggests that nanocomposite DN hydrogels are promising candidates for biomedical applications.

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double networkhyaluronic acid derivativenanocompositePEGDAsol-gel method

Identifiers

PMID30518026
PMCPMC6316897
OpenAlexW2903207349

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