Tunable supramolecular hydrogels from polypeptide-PEG-polypeptide triblock copolymers

Science China Chemistry

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1005-1012

  Fu, Xiaohui ^a   Shen, Yong ^a   Ma, Yinan ^a   Fu, Wenxin ^a   Li, Zhibo ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b QINGDAO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

drug delivery; hydrogel; N carboxyanhydride (NCA); polypeptide; ring opening polymerization (ROP)

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CHEMICAL BONDS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM SPECTROSCOPY; COPOLYMERS; DICHROISM; DRUG DELIVERY; DRUG PRODUCTS; ESTERS; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROGEN BONDS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; POLYMERIZATION; POLYOLS; POLYPEPTIDES; RING OPENING POLYMERIZATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHEAR THINNING;

ABA TRIBLOCK COPOLYMER; COPOLYMER COMPOSITIONS; INTERMOLECULAR HYDROGEN BONDING; N-CARBOXYANHYDRIDE; OLIGO(ETHYLENE GLYCOL); PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY IMAGE; SUPRAMOLECULAR HYDROGELS;

HYDROGELS;

EID: 84930083291     PISSN: 16747291     EISSN: 18691870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11426-014-5297-2     Document Type: Article

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