Towards tunable mechanical properties of in situ gelling chitosan hydrogels: impact of macromolecular structure including pattern of acetylation

Keyphrases

• Acetylation Pattern 100%
• All-hydrogel 6%
• Bioapplications 6%
• Biomedical Applications 13%
• Cell Encapsulation 6%
• Chemical Processes 6%
• Chitin Deacetylation 6%
• Chitosan 86%
• Chitosan Hydrogel 100%
• Cross-linked chitosan 6%
• Crosslink Density 6%
• Deacetylate 6%
• Degree of Acetylation 100%
• Encapsulated Cells 6%
• Gelation Kinetics 6%
• Glycerophospholipids 6%
• Hydrogel Materials 6%
• Hydrogel Stiffness 6%
• In Situ Gelling 100%
• In Situ Hydrogel 6%
• L929 Fibroblasts 6%
• Macromolecular Structure 100%
• Mechanical Properties 20%
• Metabolic Activity 6%
• Molar Fraction 6%
• N-acetylglucosamine 6%
• NH3+ Groups 6%
• Physical Crosslinking 13%
• Physical Interaction 6%
• Physicochemical Properties 6%
• Porosity 13%
• Rapid Gelation 6%
• Reacetylation 6%
• Repartitioning 20%
• Repeating Unit 6%
• Rheometry 6%
• Sodium Hydrogen Carbonate 6%
• Solution Stability 6%
• Structural Properties 6%
• Tunable Mechanical Properties 100%
• WAXS Analysis 6%
• Weak Base 13%
• Weak Gel 6%

Chemistry

• Acetylation 100%
• Ammonia 5%
• Base 5%
• Chemical Kinetics Characteristics 5%
• Chitin 5%
• Chitosan 100%
• Crosslinking 5%
• Deacetylation 5%
• gelation 5%
• Hydrogel 100%
• Hydrogen 5%
• Macromolecular Structure 100%
• Mechanical Property 100%
• Metabolic 5%
• N-Acetyl-D-Glucosamine 5%
• Porosity 11%
• Sodium 5%
• Wide-Angle X-Ray Scattering 5%

Neuroscience

• Acetylation 100%
• Behavior (Neuroscience) 5%
• Chitin 5%
• Chitosan 100%
• Fibroblast 5%
• Glucosamine 5%
• Glycerophosphate 5%
• Process Chemical 5%