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- Title
Hydrogel Synthesis and Stabilization via Tetrazine Click‐Induced Secondary Interactions.
- Authors
Holt, Samantha E.; Rakoski, Amanda; Jivan, Faraz; Pérez, Lisa M.; Alge, Daniel L.
- Abstract
The discovery of tetrazine click‐induced secondary interactions is reported as a promising new tool for polymeric biomaterial synthesis. This phenomenon is first demonstrated as a tool for poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) hydrogel assembly via purely non‐covalent interactions and is shown to yield robust gels with storage moduli one to two orders of magnitude higher than other non‐covalent crosslinking methods. In addition, tetrazine click‐induced secondary interactions also enhance the properties of covalently crosslinked hydrogels. A head‐to‐head comparison of PEG hydrogels crosslinked with tetrazine‐norbornene and thiol‐norbornene click chemistry reveals an approximately sixfold increase in storage modulus and unprecedented resistance to hydrolytic degradation in tetrazine click‐crosslinked gels without substantial differences in gel fraction. Molecular dynamic simulations attribute these differences to the presence of secondary interactions between the tetrazine‐norbornene cycloaddition products, which are absent in the thiol‐norbornene crosslinked gels.
- Subjects
TETRAZINE; CLICK chemistry; ETHYLENE glycol; SUPRAMOLECULAR chemistry; DYNAMIC simulation; HYDROGELS
- Publication
Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 2020, Vol 41, Issue 14, p1
- ISSN
1022-1336
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/marc.202000287