Photopatternable Biodegradable Aliphatic Polyester with Pendent Benzophenone Groups

Highly efficient photo-cross-linking reactions enable numerous applications in biomaterials. Here, a photopatternable biodegradable aliphatic polyester with benzophenone pendent groups was synthesized by copper-catalyzed alkyne–azide cycloaddition, affording polyesters that undergo UV-induced cross-linking to yield photopatterned films. Using this material, a self-folding multilayer structure containing polyester/hydrogel bilayer hinges was...