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Polysaccharide Hydrogel Formation without Conventional Photoinitiator

Detailed Technology Description

Researchers at Cornell have recently developed a pure polysaccharide-based hydrogel that is completely free of conventional toxic synthetic photoinitiators.

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Patent Application: PCT/US2010/000086
Sin-hee Kim and Chih-Chang Chu. Visible light induced dextran-methacrylate hydrogel formation using (-)-riboflavin vitamin B2 as a photoinitiator and L-arginine as a co-initiator. Fibers and Polymers 2009.
Sin-hee Kim and Chih-Chang Chu. Fabrication of a biodegradable polysaccharide hydrogel with riboflavin, vitamin B2, as a photo-initiator. Applied Biomaterials 2009.

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USA

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