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ArticleMacromolecules2024

Disulfide-Cross-Linked Tetra-PEG Gels.

Zhao Meng, Lucas Löser, Kay Saalwächter, Urs Gasser, Harm-Anton Klok

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Article in Macromolecules, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Zhao MengInstitut des Matériaux and Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, Laboratoire des Polymères, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Bâtiment MXD, Station 12, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
Lucas LöserInstitut für Physik - NMR, Martin-Luther Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Betty-Heimann-Str. 7, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0141-7011
Kay SaalwächterInstitut für Physik - NMR, Martin-Luther Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Betty-Heimann-Str. 7, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6246-4770
Urs GasserLaboratory for Neutron Scattering and Imaging (LNS), Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland.
Harm-Anton KlokInstitut des Matériaux and Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, Laboratoire des Polymères, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Bâtiment MXD, Station 12, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3365-6543

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The preparation of polymer gels via cross-linking of four-arm star-shaped poly(ethylene glycol) (Tetra-PEG) precursors is an attractive strategy to prepare networks with relatively well-defined topologies. Typically, Tetra-PEG gels are obtained by cross-linking heterocomplementary reactive Tetra-PEG precursors. This study, in contrast, explores the cross-linking of self-reactive, thiol-end functional Tetra-PEG macromers to form disulfide-cross-linked gels. The structure of the disulfide-cross-linked Tetra-PEG gels was studied with multiple-quantum NMR (MQ-NMR) spectroscopy and small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) experiments. In line with earlier simulation studies, these experiments showed a strong dependence of the relative fractions of the different network connectivities on the concentration of the thiol-end functional Tetra-PEG macromer that was used for the synthesis of the networks. Disulfide-cross-linked Tetra-PEG gels prepared at macromer concentrations below the overlap concentration (

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