A bioinspired synthetic soft hydrogel for the treatment of dry eye

• Main Authors: Yu Yu (Author), Derek Wai Yee Chow (Author), Chi Ming Laurence Lau (Author), Guanqun Zhou (Author), Woojin Back (Author), Jing Xu (Author), Sean Carim (Author), Ying Chau (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wiley, 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Natural soft hydrogels are unique elastic soft materials utilized by living organisms for protecting delicate tissues. Under a theoretical framework derived from the Blob model, we chemically crosslinked high molecular weight hyaluronic acid at a concentration close to its overlap concentra...