Synthesis of Thermal Polymerizable Alginate-GMA Hydrogel for Cell Encapsulation
Alginate is a negative ionic polysaccharide that is found abundantly in nature. Calcium is usually used as a cross-linker for alginate. However, calcium cross-linked alginate is used only for in vitro culture. In the present work, alginate was modified with glycidyl methacrylate (GMA) to produce a t...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2015-01-01
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Series: | Journal of Nanomaterials |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/970619 |