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SUBMITTER: Vales TP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7079665 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Materials (Basel, Switzerland) 20200220 4
A series of hydrogels with intrinsic antifouling properties was prepared via surface-functionalization of poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) [p(HEMA)]-based hydrogels with the biomembrane-mimicking zwitterionic polymer, poly(2-methacryloyloxyethyl phosphorylcholine) [p(MPC)]. The p(MPC)-modified hydrogels have enhanced surface wettability, high water content retention (61.0%-68.3%), and good transmittance (>90%). Notably, the presence of zwitterionic MPC moieties at the hydrogel surfaces lowered ...[more]