Hyung Joon Cha and colleagues at Korea's Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), it's a hydrogel made up of alginate (derived ... its polymer chains crosslink with one another ...

For instance, studies on alginate-based hydrogels have ... or improve biological functions. Hydrogels: Water-swollen, cross-linked polymeric structures that can mimic the natural environment ...

The newly developed hydrogel precursor comprises alginate (natural polysaccharide derived from brown algae), RGD peptide-containing mussel adhesive protein, calcium ions, phosphonodiols ...