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ArticleACS omega2024

Design Characteristics of a Neoteric, Superhydrophilic, Mechanically Robust Hydrogel Engineered To Limit Fouling in the Ocular Environment.

Onyinye J Uwaezuoke, Pradeep Kumar, Lisa C du Toit, Naseer Ally, Yahya E Choonara

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Article in ACS omega, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Onyinye J UwaezuokeWits Advanced Drug Delivery Platform Research Unit, School of Therapeutic Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, 7 York Road, Parktown, Johannesburg 2193, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7490-3868
Pradeep KumarWits Advanced Drug Delivery Platform Research Unit, School of Therapeutic Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, 7 York Road, Parktown, Johannesburg 2193, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8640-4350
Lisa C du ToitWits Advanced Drug Delivery Platform Research Unit, School of Therapeutic Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, 7 York Road, Parktown, Johannesburg 2193, South Africa.
Naseer AllyDepartment of Neurosciences, Division of Ophthalmology, University of the Witwatersrand, 7 York Road, Parktown, Johannesburg 2193, South Africa.
Yahya E ChoonaraWits Advanced Drug Delivery Platform Research Unit, School of Therapeutic Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, 7 York Road, Parktown, Johannesburg 2193, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3889-1529

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Current challenges with ocular drug delivery and the chronic nature of many ocular ailments render the use of traditional ocular devices for additional drug delivery purposes very attractive. To achieve this feat, there is the need to develop biomaterials that are biocompatible, mechanically robust for ocular applications, highly transparent (depending on the targeted ocular device), and with ultralow protein adhesion potential (the primary step in processes that lead to fouling and potential device failure). Herein is reported the facile synthesis of a novel, highly transparent, mechanically robust, nontoxic, bulk functionalized hydrogel with characteristics suited to scalable fabrication of ocular implantable and nonimplantable devices. Synergistic superhydrophilicity between methacrylated poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVAGMA) and zwitterionic sulfobetaine methacrylate was exploited to obtain a superhydrophilic polymer conjugate through facile photoinitiated cross-linking polymerization. Proton nuclear magnetic resonance (

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