Self-crosslinking smart hydrogels through direct complexation between benzoxaborole derivatives and diols from hyaluronic acid
Tamiris Vilas Boas Figueiredo, Yu Ogawa, Jing Jing, Vanina A. Cosenza, Isabelle Jeacomine, Johan Olsson, Thibaud Gerfaud, Jean‐Guy Boiteau, Craig S. Harris, Rachel Auzély‐Velty
Abstract
By tailoring the structure of benzoxaborole (BOR), self-crosslinking hydrogels based on hyaluronic acid (HA) modified with BOR derivatives are obtained for the first time through the direct BOR-HA diol complexation at physiological pH.
Topics & Concepts
Hyaluronic acidSelf-healing hydrogelsChemistryDiolPolymer chemistryCombinatorial chemistryAnatomyMedicineHydrogels: synthesis, properties, applicationsSupramolecular Self-Assembly in MaterialsAdvanced Drug Delivery Systems