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http://dx.doi.org/10.5369/JSST.2012.21.4.256

Effect of pH on Swelling Property of Hyaluronic Acid Hydrogels for Smart Drug Delivery Systems  

Kim, Jin-Tae (Department of Materials Engineering, Daelim University)
Lee, Deuk-Yong (Department of Materials Engineering, Daelim University)
Kim, Young-Hun (Department of Materials Engineering, Korea Aerospace University)
Lee, In-Kyu (Department of Materials Engineering, Korea Aerospace University)
Song, Yo-Seung (Department of Materials Engineering, Korea Aerospace University)
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Journal of Sensor Science and Technology / v.21, no.4, 2012 , pp. 256-262 More about this Journal
Abstract
Hyaluronic acid(HA) hydrogels were synthesized by immersing HA microbeads in phosphate buffered saline solutions having different pH levels to assess the effect of pH on the swelling ratio of HA hydrogels for smart drug delivery systems. No beads were formed when the HA solution(below pH 9) was crosslinked with divinyl sulfone(DVS) because DVS is a basic solution. The variation regarding the size of the microbead was not significant, suggesting that the bead size is not a function of pH(10 ~ 14). However, the pore size of the microbeads decreased with increasing pH from 10 to 14, leading to the surface smoothness and dense network as a result of higher crosslinking. The swelling ratio of hydrogels increased when the pH rose from 2(acidic) to 6(neutral). Afterwards, it decreased with further increasing pH(basic). The lower swelling ratio may be due to the lack of ionization of the carboxyl groups. On the other hand, a higher swelling ratio is likely due to the increased electrostatic repulsions between negatively charged carboxyl groups on different chains. Experimental results suggested that pH-responsive HA hydrogels can be applicable to the controlled drug delivery systems.
Keywords
pH-Responsive Hydrogel; Hyaluronic Acid; Divinyl Sulfone; Crosslink; Microbead; Swelling Ratio; Drug Delivery System;
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