Self-forming double-crosslinked hydrogels by the marriage of catechols and enzyme mimetic polymers

Yaqing Chen, Erik Misselwitz, Asger Holm Agergaard, Amanda Andersen, Carsten Pedersen, Henrik Birkedal*

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Abstract

Self-forming double-crosslinked (DC) hydrogels were designed by incorporating enzyme-mimicking metal coordination polymer crosslinks and catechol chemistry. A macromolecular tris-histidine copper complex acted both as part of the hydrogel network and as a catalyst of catechol oxidation to induce a second hydrogel network by covalent crosslinking of catechol functionalized polymers thus giving catalytic control over hydrogel crosslinking.

Original languageEnglish
JournalChemical communications (Cambridge, England)
Volume58
Issue45
Pages (from-to)6526-6529
Number of pages4
ISSN1359-7345
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 10 May 2022

Keywords

  • LINKING
  • MECHANICS
  • MIMICKING
  • PROTEIN
  • COPPER(II)
  • MUSSEL
  • TYROSINASE
  • COMPLEXES
  • NEREIS
  • ZINC
  • Catechols/chemistry
  • Metals/chemistry
  • Oxidation-Reduction
  • Cross-Linking Reagents/chemistry
  • Hydrogels/chemistry
  • Polymers/chemistry

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