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(a) Disruption of a hydrogel based on modified alginate with dopamine (DA) and (b) stable hydrogel based on catechol-polymerized alginate-DA. (c) Catechol-polymerizedalginate-DA hydrogel’s ability to bear a load 1.13 times greater than its own weight. Reprinted from J. Alegre-Requena et al. Regulatory parameters of self-healing alginate hydrogel networks prepared via mussel-inspired dynamic chemistry [104]. Published by The Royal Society of Chemistry, 2016.
