Architecting oxidized alginate methacrylate hydrogels with tunable characteristics by altering the sequence of the cross-linking steps,methacrylation reaction time,and polymer concentration
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Architecting oxidized alginate methacrylate hydrogels with tunable characteristics by altering the sequence of the cross-linking steps,methacrylation reaction time,and polymer concentration
In this study, biodegradable oxidized methacrylated alginate (OMA) hydrogels with controllable mechanical properties were engineered. An ionic and photo cross-linking combination was employed to fabricate dual cross-linked hydrogels. By altering the degree of methacrylation and polymer concentration, hydrogels with an elastic modulus of 4.85 ± 0.13 to 21.02 ± 0.91 kPa, controllable swelling, and degradation kinetics, and cross-link density in the range of 1.0 × 10−5 to 6.5 × 10−5 mol/cm3 were obtained. Moreover, evaluating the effect of cross-linking sequence on the hydrogels’ mechanical properties demonstrated that in comparison to the hydrogels fabricated by ionic cross-linking followed by photo-polymerization, hydrogels produced by photo-polymerization followed by ionic cross-linking retain a stiffer gel network with more compact structure. Cytocompatibility examination was performed via MTT assay against L929 fibroblasts, and all the hydrogel samples demonstrated high cell viability (>80%). The findings demonstrate the significant effect of the sequence of cross-linking as a novel tool to tune the OMA hydrogel’s final properties which can serve as a useful platform for tissue engineering applications.
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