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Understanding and tailoring the degradation of PVA‐tyramine hydrogels
Author(s) -
Lim Khoon S.,
Roberts Justine J.,
Alves MarieHelene,
PooleWarren Laura A.,
Martens Penny J.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.42142
Subject(s) - tyramine , hydrolysis , self healing hydrogels , macromonomer , degradation (telecommunications) , polymerization , polymer chemistry , chemistry , vinyl alcohol , chemical engineering , materials science , organic chemistry , polymer , biochemistry , telecommunications , computer science , engineering
We have previously reported on a hydrogel system fabricated from poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) functionalized with tyramine groups (PVA‐Tyr) that has the ability to co‐polymerize with proteins in their native state. These gels were also shown to be hydrolytically degradable through the ester groups present in the functional groups. In this article, the hydrolytic degradation of the PVA‐Tyr gels is shown to be strongly dependant on pH, where at pH < 7.4 the lack of ionization of the tyramine groups resulted in slower hydrolysis. The gels' degradation was also highly influenced by temperature, where heat (>25°C) was required to facilitate the hydrolysis of the ester bonds. Moreover, the degradation rates were successfully tailored between 19 to 27 days by varying the hydrogels' initial macromer concentration. It was highlighted that the cross‐linking density was dependant on the sodium persulphate to tyramine ratio, as well as the viscosity of the macromer solution. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2015 , 132 , 42142.

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