Wound‐Healing with Mechanically Robust and Biodegradable Hydrogel Fibers Loaded with Silver Nanoparticles

The objective of this study is to provide a novel synthetic approach for the manufacture of wound‐healing materials using covalently cross‐linked alginate fibers loaded with silver nanoparticles. Alginate fibers are prepared by wet‐spinning in a CaCl 2 precipitation bath. Using this same approach, calcium cross‐links in alginate fibers are replaced by chemical cross‐links that involve hydroxyl groups for subsequent cross‐linking by...