In Situ Crosslinking Bionanocomposite Hydrogels with Potential for Wound Healing Applications
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results and Discussion
3. Materials and Methods
3.1. Materials
3.2. Synthesis of Hyaluronic Acid Displaying Aldehydes
3.3. Synthesis of Pectin Displaying Aldehydes
3.4. Synthesis of NsZnO
3.5. Preparation of Chitosan Stock Solution
3.6. Polysaccharide Hydrogel Preparation
3.7. Bionanocomposite Hydrogel Preparation
3.8. Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy
3.9. X-ray Diffraction
3.10. SEM-EDX
3.11. In Vitro Swelling Studies
3.12. Cell Viability Studies
3.13. In Vitro Zn2+ Release
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A
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Leone, F.; Firlak, M.; Challen, K.; Bonnefin, W.; Onida, B.; Wright, K.L.; Hardy, J.G. In Situ Crosslinking Bionanocomposite Hydrogels with Potential for Wound Healing Applications. J. Funct. Biomater. 2019, 10, 50. https://doi.org/10.3390/jfb10040050
Leone F, Firlak M, Challen K, Bonnefin W, Onida B, Wright KL, Hardy JG. In Situ Crosslinking Bionanocomposite Hydrogels with Potential for Wound Healing Applications. Journal of Functional Biomaterials. 2019; 10(4):50. https://doi.org/10.3390/jfb10040050
Chicago/Turabian StyleLeone, Federica, Melike Firlak, Kirsty Challen, Wayne Bonnefin, Barbara Onida, Karen L. Wright, and John G. Hardy. 2019. "In Situ Crosslinking Bionanocomposite Hydrogels with Potential for Wound Healing Applications" Journal of Functional Biomaterials 10, no. 4: 50. https://doi.org/10.3390/jfb10040050