title: A simple approach to hybrid inorganic-organic step-growth hydrogels with scalable control of physicochemical properties and biodegradability.
abstract: We prepared new and scalable, hybrid inorganic-organic step-growth hydrogels with polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) network knot construction elements and hydrolytically degradable poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) di-ester macromonomers byin situradical-mediated thiol-ene photopolymerization. The physicochemical properties of the gels are fine-tailored over orders of magnitude including functionalization of their interior, a hierarchical gel structure, and biodegradability.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Polymer Chemistry , Johannes Kepler University Linz , A-4060 Leonding , Austria . Email: ivo.nischang@jku.at.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Alves
authors.affiliation: Institute of Polymer Chemistry , Johannes Kepler University Linz , A-4060 Leonding , Austria . Email: ivo.nischang@jku.at.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Nischang
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