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- Title
PEG-Based Hydrogel Coatings: Design Tools for Biomedical Applications.
- Authors
Wancura, Megan; Nkansah, Abbey; Robinson, Andrew; Toubbeh, Shireen; Talanker, Michael; Jones, Sarah; Cosgriff-Hernandez, Elizabeth
- Abstract
Device failure due to undesired biological responses remains a substantial roadblock in the development and translation of new devices into clinical care. Polyethylene glycol (PEG)-based hydrogel coatings can be used to confer antifouling properties to medical devices—enabling minimization of biological responses such as bacterial infection, thrombosis, and foreign body reactions. Application of hydrogel coatings to diverse substrates requires careful consideration of multiple material factors. Herein, we report a systematic investigation of two coating methods: (1) traditional photoinitiated hydrogel coatings; (2) diffusion-mediated, redox-initiated hydrogel coatings. The effects of method, substrate, and compositional variables on the resulting hydrogel coating thickness are presented. To expand the redox-based method to include high molecular weight macromers, a mechanistic investigation of the role of cure rate and macromer viscosity was necessary to balance solution infiltration and gelation. Overall, these structure–property relationships provide users with a toolbox for hydrogel coating design for a broad range of medical devices.
- Subjects
HYDROGELS; FOREIGN body reaction; SURFACE coatings; MOLECULAR weights; POLYETHYLENE glycol; MACROMONOMERS
- Publication
Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 2024, Vol 52, Issue 7, p1804
- ISSN
0090-6964
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10439-023-03154-9