University of Massachusetts

Shelly Peyton

Todd Emrick

John Klier

Lauren Jansen

Yen Tran

A method to prepare synthetic hydrogels having tissue-specific properties, and a hydrogel comprising a polymer matrix comprising a plurality of peptide, are provided.

3D synthetic tissue hydrogels

A crosslinkable polymer composition includes repeating units of formula (I) and repeating units derived from a monomer having an ethylenically unsaturated group and a crosslinkable functional group, wherein the crosslinkable functional group is capable of forming a covalent linkage with a crosslinkable functional group of an adjacent repeating unit. R' and Rare as defined herein. The crosslinkable polymer composition can be particularly useful, for example, for pressure sensitive adhesive or coating compositions. A method of making the polymer composition and a pressure sensitive adhesive and a coating are also described.

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Shelly Peyton