Structure-Property Relationships of Photopolymerizable Poly(ethylene glycol) Dimethacrylate Hydrogels
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† National Institute of Standards and Technology. ‡ National Institutes of Health. * To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: [email protected]. Polymers Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-8543, and Section on Tissue Biophysics and Biomimetics, Laboratory of Integrative and Medical Biophysics, NICHD, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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