Presentation Year

2018

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Tara AlizadehChemistry DepartmentUndergraduate Student,Dr. Frank CappuccioChemistry DepartmentFaculty

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Short Description of your Research or Creative Project (700 characters or less)

Hydrogels are water-containing gels that have a hydrophilic polymer network and can absorb a large quantity of water without the dissolution of the polymer network. The current research focuses on producing hydrogels from chitosan, a bio-renewable polymer, and trans-cinnamic acid. The resulting solutions are photo-crosslinked in a catalyst-free environment under broad band ultra-violet (UV) radiation to produce hydrogels. The hydrogels show an average 75% swelling capacity in H2O. Initial cell growth studies have been carried out on sterilized hydrogels. Current efforts are being directed towards optimization of gels towards cell growth.

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Yes

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477

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