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  • Gellan Gum/Polyvinyl Alcohol Hydrogels with Stress Relaxation Property for Application as Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cell Carrier

  • Seung Ho Choe*,#, Soo In Kim*,#, Se Eun Kim*, Seung Jae Kim*, Jin Sol Seo*, Sunjae Park*, Jeong Eun Song*, and Gilson Khang*, **, ***,†

  • *Department of Bionanotechnology and Bio-Convergence Engineering, Jeonbuk National University, 567 Baekje-daero, Deokjin-gu, Jeonju-si, Jeollabuk-do 54896, Korea
    **Department of PolymerNano Science & Technology, Jeonbuk National University, 567 Baekje-daero, Deokjin-gu, Jeonju-si, Jeollabuk-do 54896, Korea
    ***Polymer Materials Fusion Research Center, Jeonbuk National University, 567 Baekje-daero, Deokjin-gu, Jeonju-si, Jeollabuk-do 54896, Korea

  • 망막색소상피 세포전달체로 응용하기 위한응력 완화 특성을 갖는 젤란검/폴리비닐알코올 하이드로젤

  • 최승호*,# · 김수인*,# · 김세은* · 김승재* · 서진솔* · 박선재* · 송정은* · 강길선*, **, ***,†

  • *전북대학교 바이오나노융합공학과, **전북대학교 고분자나노공학과, ***전북대학교 고분자융합소재연구소

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This Article

  • 2023; 47(2): 233-240

    Published online Mar 25, 2023

  • 10.7317/pk.2023.47.2.233
  • Received on Dec 2, 2022
  • Revised on Jan 26, 2023
  • Accepted on Jan 30, 2023

Correspondence to

  • Gilson Khang

  • *Department of Bionanotechnology and Bio-Convergence Engineering, Jeonbuk National University, 567 Baekje-daero, Deokjin-gu, Jeonju-si, Jeollabuk-do 54896, Korea
    **Department of PolymerNano Science & Technology, Jeonbuk National University, 567 Baekje-daero, Deokjin-gu, Jeonju-si, Jeollabuk-do 54896, Korea
    ***Polymer Materials Fusion Research Center, Jeonbuk National University, 567 Baekje-daero, Deokjin-gu, Jeonju-si, Jeollabuk-do 54896, Korea

  • E-mail: gskhang@jbnu.ac.kr