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Cover Image, Volume 132, Issue 8
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.41658
Subject(s) - self healing hydrogels , cover (algebra) , polymer science , tissue engineering , computer science , click chemistry , materials science , nanotechnology , chemistry , polymer chemistry , biomedical engineering , engineering , mechanical engineering
Thiol–norbornene (thiol‐ene) photoclick hydrogels have emerged as a diverse material system for tissue engineering applications. ‘Modular’ thiol‐ene hydrogels are cross‐linked through light mediated orthogonal photo‐click reactions. The cross‐linking and degradation behaviors of these gels are controlled through material selections. Chien‐Chi Lin, Chang Seok Ki, and Han Shih provide an up‐to‐date overview on thiolene hydrogel cross‐linking and degradation mechanisms, tunable material properties, and the use of thiolene hydrogels in drug delivery and tissue engineering applications. The cover presents the morphology of human mesenchymal stem cells encapsulated in matrix metalloproteinase‐degradable thiol‐ene hydrogels. (DOI: 10.1002/app.41563 )