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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Apr 3.
Published in final edited form as: Front Med. 2018 Oct 30;13(2):189–201. doi: 10.1007/s11684-018-0664-6

Figure 8.

Figure 8.

Schematic illustration for preparing poly(glycerol sebacate)-silica-calcium (PGSSC) hybrid elastomers. (A) Synthesis of PGS pre-polymers; (B) formation of silica-based bioactive glass sols; (C) fabrication of PGSSC hybrid elastomers; (D) optical images of PGS and PGSSC hybrid elastomers ((a) PGS; (b) PGS15mol%Si (PGS15Si); and (c) PGS-15mol%Si-20mol%Ca (PGS15Si20Ca).

Reproduced from Ref [29] with permission from the Royal Society of Chemistry.