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SUBMITTER: Riederer MS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4988396 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Carbohydrate polymers 20160718
In this work, an emulsion crosslinking method was developed to produce chitosan-genipin microgels which acted as an injectable and microporous scaffold. Chitosan was characterized with respect to pH by light scattering and aqueous titration. Microgels were characterized with swelling, light scattering, and rheometry of densely-packed microgel solutions. The results suggest that as chitosan becomes increasingly deprotonated above the pKa, repulsive forces diminish and intermolecular attractions c ...[more]