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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Main Authors: Xiaokun Wang, Tong Hao, Jing Qu, Changyong Wang, Haifeng Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2015-01-01
Series:Journal of Nanomaterials
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/970619