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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jul 5.
Published in final edited form as: J Mater Chem B. 2013 Oct 28;1(40):5478–5488. doi: 10.1039/C3TB20218F

Scheme 1.

Scheme 1

Formation of collagen hydrogels via lysine functionalisation with a bifunctional aromatic segment. Ph is NHS-activated in presence of EDC (1.) prior to reaction with collagen (2.). Lysine functionalisation occurs via nucleophilic addition to activated carboxylic functions, resulting in the formation of a covalent network.