Self-Healing Hydrogels Formed by Complexation between Calcium Ions and Bisphosphonate-Functionalized Star-Shaped Polymers - Lopez-Perez, Paula M; da Silva, Ricardo M. P; Strehin, Iossif; Kouwer, Paul H. J; Leeuwenburgh, Sander C. G; Messersmith, Phillip B (Macromolecules, 2017)
Keywords: calcium; crosslinking; gelation; hydrogels; ions; loss modulus; mixing; molecular weight; polyethylene glycol; rheology; PEG; calcium; hydrogel; star-shaped polymer; bisphosphonate; ionomer; Self-healing; alendronate; bone; dynamic biomaterials; stress relaxation