Preparation of cell-enclosing microcapsules through photopolymerization of methacrylated alginate solution triggered by irradiation with visible light
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Generation of Alginate Microspheres for Biomedical Applications
Published on: August 12, 2012
Changjun Mu1, Shinji Sakai, Hiroyuki Ijima
1Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan. cmu@chem-eng.kyushu-u.ac.jp
Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering
|May 18, 2010
Abstract:
A photopolymerizable, methacrylated alginate was synthesized by conjugating methacryloyl groups to the side chains of alginate. Cell-enclosing microcapsules were subsequently prepared by the photopolymerization of cell-suspending methacrylated alginate droplets triggered by irradiation with visible light. Cells enclosed by this method remained alive in the microcapsules for at least 2 weeks.
