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(a) Demonstrates the thiol-ene reaction between a norbornene functionality on the PEG arm (R) and the thiol side group of a cysteine amino acid in the presence of light and a photo initiator to form a covalent bond. (Bowman & Kloxin, 2008) (b) Monomers and concentrations used in gel formulation, which react to form the final idealized gel network structure shown.
