@article {18694, title = {Highly robust hydrogels via a fast, simple and cytocompatible dual crosslinking-based process}, journal = {Chemical Communications}, volume = {51}, year = {2015}, month = {2015-09-04 00:00:00}, pages = {15673-15676}, publisher = {Royal Society of Chemistry}, abstract = {

A highly robust hydrogel device made from a single biopolymer formulation is reported. Owing to the presence of covalent and non-covalent crosslinks, these engineered systems were able to (i) sustain a compressive strength of\ ca.\ 20 MPa, (ii) quickly recover upon unloading, and (iii) encapsulate cells with high viability rates.

}, keywords = {cell encapsulation, Chitosan, Double Network, Hydrogels}, issn = {1359-7345}, doi = {10.1039/C5CC05564D}, url = {http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2015/cc/c5cc05564d$\#$!divAbstract}, author = {Costa, A. M. S. and Mano, J. F.} }