Fabrication of patterned calcium cross-linked alginate hydrogel films and coatings through reductive cation exchange
Fabrication of patterned calcium cross-linked alginate hydrogel films and coatings through reductive cation exchange
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DOI:
10.1016/j.carbpol.2015.05.021
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发表时间:
2015-10-20
影响因子:
11.2
通讯作者:
Melman, Artem
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作者:
Bruchet, Marion;Melman, Artem
Calcium cross-linked alginate hydrogels are widely used in targeted drug delivery, tissue engineering, wound treatment, and other biomedical applications. We developed a method for preparing homogeneous alginate hydrogels cross-linked with Ca2+ cations using reductive cation exchange in homogeneous iron(III) cross-linked alginate hydrogels. Treatment of iron(III) cross-linked alginate hydrogels with calcium salts and sodium ascorbate results in reduction of iron(III) cations to iron(II) that are instantaneously replaced with Ca2+ cations, producing homogeneous ionically cross-linking hydrogels. Alternatively, the cation exchange can be performed by photochemical reduction in the presence of calcium chloride using a sacrificial photoreductant. This approach allows fabrication of patterned calcium alginate hydrogels through photochemical patterning of iron(III) cross-linked alginate hydrogel followed by the photochemical reductive exchange of iron cations to calcium. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.