Abstract
Carrageenan/epoxy amine ionic-covalent entanglement hydrogels were fabricated on a 3D printer. The thermal gel transition behaviour of the biopolymer kappa-carrageenan was exploited to fix the shape of the patterned ink until a covalent polymer network formed by epoxy amine addition chemistry. The printed hydrogels display a work of extension value of 1.4 ± 0.3 MJ m-3.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 38088-38092 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | RSC Advances |
Volume | 4 |
Issue number | 72 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2014 |