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The syntheses of two new types of chemical hydrogels based on poly(vinyl alcohol), PVA, are reported. Common to both synthetic routes is the preparation of a telechelic PVA (tel-PVA) obtained by periodate splitting of the vicinal diol units present in few percent along the chain. tel-PVA was then used as crosslinking agent with chitosan and PVA in two simple reactions in aqueous phase such as reductive alkylation of chitosan and acetalyzation of PVA. Both reactions yielded firm wall-to-wall networks showing marked differences in their swelling capability.
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