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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Biomed Mater Res A. 2015 Aug 25;103(12):3907–3918. doi: 10.1002/jbm.a.35512

Scheme 1.

Scheme 1

Synthesis route of PEGMC and a schematic illustration of the in situ forming biodegradable antibacterial hydrogel (iFABH). Biodegradable PEGMC provides a degradable backbone and carboxyl groups that can be used to conjugate antimicrobial peptides. Short chain PEGDA provides the most double bonds for crosslinking.