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ArticleACS macro letters2020

Self-Healing Injectable Polymer Hydrogel via Dynamic Thiol-Alkynone Double Addition Cross-Links.

Bowen Fan, Kai Zhang, Qian Liu, Rienk Eelkema

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Article in ACS macro letters, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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18 citing papers in PubMed, 53 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Bowen FanDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ Delft, The Netherlands.
Kai ZhangDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ Delft, The Netherlands.
Qian LiuDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ Delft, The Netherlands.
Rienk EelkemaDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ Delft, The Netherlands.
Delft University of Technology · NL

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction of dynamic thiol-alkynone double addition cross-links in a polymer network enable the formation of a self-healing injectable polymer hydrogel. A four-arm polyethylene glycol (PEG) tetra-thiol star polymer is cross-linked by a small molecule alkynone via the thiol-alkynone double adduct to generate a hydrogel network under ambient aqueous conditions (buffer pH = 7.4 or 8.2, room temperature). The mechanical properties of these hydrogels can be easily tuned by varying the concentration of polymer precursors. Through the dynamic thiol-alkynone double addition cross-link, these hydrogels are self-healing and shear thinning, as demonstrated by rheological measurements, macroscopic self-healing, and injection tests. These hydrogels can be injected through a 20G syringe needle and recover after extrusion. In addition, good cytocompatibility of these hydrogels is confirmed by cytotoxicity test. This work shows the application of the thiol-alkynone double addition dynamic covalent chemistry in the straightforward preparation of self-healing injectable hydrogels, which may find future biomedical applications such as tissue engineering and drug delivery.

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PMID32566386
PMCPMC7301763
OpenAlexW3024412502

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