A DOPA-functionalized chondroitin sulfate-based adhesive hydrogel as a promising multi-functional bioadhesive

• Main Authors: Zhu, Wenzhen, Iqbal, Jabed, Wang, Dong-An
• Other Authors: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Engineering::Bioengineering; Linked Tissue Adhesive; Rat Mastectomy
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/151641
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Great progress has been achieved on the study of hydrogels, which were presented for the first time in 1960 by Otto Wichterle and Drahoslav Lím. The two crucial properties of hydrogels, namely high water content and biocompatibility, have made hydrogels ideal compositions in the development of bioad...