Photocrosslinked Alginate-Methacrylate Hydrogels with Modulable Mechanical Properties: Effect of the Molecular Conformation and Electron Density of the Methacrylate Reactive Group
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Materials
2.2. Synthesis of Alginate-Glycidyl Methacrylate (ALGM1)
2.3. Synthesis of Alginate-2-Aminoethyl Methacrylate (ALGM2)
2.4. Synthesis of Alginate-Methacrylic Anhydride (ALGM3)
2.5. Synthesis of H-ALGMx Hydrogels
2.6. FTIR Characterization
2.7. 1H-NMR Characterization
2.8. Mechanical Characterization
2.9. Computational Calculations
2.10. Statistical Analysis
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Synthesis of Macromers and 1H-NMR Characterization
3.2. Mechanical Characterization of H-ALGMx Hydrogels
3.3. Density Functional Calculations
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Araiza-Verduzco, F.; Rodríguez-Velázquez, E.; Cruz, H.; Rivero, I.A.; Acosta-Martínez, D.R.; Pina-Luis, G.; Alatorre-Meda, M. Photocrosslinked Alginate-Methacrylate Hydrogels with Modulable Mechanical Properties: Effect of the Molecular Conformation and Electron Density of the Methacrylate Reactive Group. Materials 2020, 13, 534. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13030534
Araiza-Verduzco F, Rodríguez-Velázquez E, Cruz H, Rivero IA, Acosta-Martínez DR, Pina-Luis G, Alatorre-Meda M. Photocrosslinked Alginate-Methacrylate Hydrogels with Modulable Mechanical Properties: Effect of the Molecular Conformation and Electron Density of the Methacrylate Reactive Group. Materials. 2020; 13(3):534. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13030534
Chicago/Turabian StyleAraiza-Verduzco, Fernanda, Eustolia Rodríguez-Velázquez, Harold Cruz, Ignacio A. Rivero, Delvis R. Acosta-Martínez, Georgina Pina-Luis, and Manuel Alatorre-Meda. 2020. "Photocrosslinked Alginate-Methacrylate Hydrogels with Modulable Mechanical Properties: Effect of the Molecular Conformation and Electron Density of the Methacrylate Reactive Group" Materials 13, no. 3: 534. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13030534