• Poly(ethylene glycol)-Keratin Hydrogels Prepared via Thiol-Maleimide Reaction

  • Damla Yalçın and Ayben Top†

  • Department of Chemical Engineering, İzmir Institute of Technology, Urla, İzmir, 35430, Türkiye

  • Thiol-Maleimide 반응을 이용한 Poly(ethylene glycol)-케라틴 하이드로젤 연구

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This Article

  • 2025; 49(2): 163-169

    Published online Mar 25, 2025

  • 10.7317/pk.2025.49.2.163
  • Received on Jun 19, 2024
  • Revised on Sep 30, 2024
  • Accepted on Nov 10, 2024

Correspondence to

  • Ayben Top

  • Department of Chemical Engineering, İzmir Institute of Technology, Urla, İzmir, 35430, Türkiye

  • E-mail: aybentop@iyte.edu.tr