Potta, Thrimoorthy Chun, ChangJu Song, Soo-Chang 2024-01-20T17:02:43Z 2024-01-20T17:02:43Z 2021-09-05 2011-05-12 1616-5187 https://pubs.kist.re.kr/handle/201004/130355 The feasibility of using a star-shaped crosslinker to produce a hydrogel with controlled mechanical properties and degradation rates was investigated. The aqueous blends of functional polymers and crosslinkers formed a solution at low temperature and a hydrogel with desired mechanical properties at body temperature. The introduction of star-shaped crosslinkers affected the microscopic and macroscopic properties of the hydrogel. The fabricated hydrogels could be suitable for many potential biomedical applications because of their injectability, tunable mechanical properties, controlled degradation rate and gel formation under physiological conditions. English WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH ALGINATE STIFFNESS SYSTEM Design of Polyphosphazene Hydrogels with Improved Structural Properties by Use of Star-Shaped Multithiol Crosslinkers Article 10.1002/mabi.201000438 1 MACROMOLECULAR BIOSCIENCE, v.11, no.5, pp.689 - 699 MACROMOLECULAR BIOSCIENCE 11 5 689 699 scie scopus 000290443200013 2-s2.0-79955729235 Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Materials Science, Biomaterials Polymer Science Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Materials Science Polymer Science Article ALGINATE STIFFNESS SYSTEM biodegradable crosslinking hydrogels mechanical properties thermal properties