High strength and bioactivity polyvinyl alcohol/collagen composite hydrogel with tannic acid as cross‐linker

• Published in: Polymer engineering and science Vol. 61; no. 1; pp. 278 - 287
• Main Authors: Bai, Zhongxiang, Wang, Tianyou, Zheng, Xin, Huang, Yanping, Chen, Yining, Dan, Weihua
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken, USA John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.01.2021; Society of Plastics Engineers, Inc; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Biocompatibility; Biological activity; biomedical hydrogels; Biomedical materials; Collagen; Colloids in medicine; Composition; high strength; Hydrogels; Mechanical properties; Natural polymers; Physiology; Polyvinyl alcohol; Structure; Tannic acid; Tannins; Tensile strength; China

Hydrogels have great potential applications in biomedical materials, but their applications in complex physiological environments are severely limited by their weak strength and biotoxicity. Generally, synthetic polymer hydrogels and natural polymer hydrogels have complementary advantages in terms o...