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Making PEG-based Microparticles for Applications in Biology and Medicine
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 February 2011
Abstract
We demonstrate the polymerisation of PEGA hydrogel microparticles with a mean diameter of 16 µm (similar to that of biological cells), and we show that these particles are compatible with enzymes. Furthermore, we demonstrate that enzyme catalysed reactions occur faster with these microparticles than with commercially available macrobeads which are typically 200-400 µm in diameter.
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