Bioinspired pH and magnetic responsive catechol-functionalized chitosan hydrogels with tunable elastic properties

Ali Ghadban, Anansa S. Ahmed, Yuan Ping, Ricardo Ramos, Najmul Arfin, Bram Cantaert, Raju V. Ramanujan, Ali Miserez
2016 Chemical Communications  
We have developed pH- and magnetic-responsive hydrogels that are stabilized by both covalent bonding and catechol/Fe3+ ligands.
doi:10.1039/c5cc08617e pmid:26558317 fatcat:vwbyece27vdbrcyiv3hxhlzd7q