Cover Image, Volume 64, Issue 4

Key Points

• The goal is to explore the preparation of alginate gels through various crosslinking methods.
• Utilized chemical and physical crosslinking techniques.
• Investigated sol-gel transitions.
• Employed redox reactions involving disulfide bonds.
• Demonstrated reversible sol-gel transitions of the alginate gels.
• Outlined the impact of crosslinking methods on gel properties.