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Published in final edited form as: Prog Polym Sci. 2012 Jan;37(1):106–126. doi: 10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2011.06.003

Fig. 4.

Fig. 4

Alginate hydrogels prepared by ionic cross-linking (egg-box model) [38]. Only guluronate blocks participate in the formation of a corrugated egg-box-like structure with interstices in which calcium ions are placed. Copyright 2007, Elsevier Science Ltd., Oxford, UK.