STRUCTURES POLYMERIQUES CONTENANT UNE FONCTIONNALITE CYCLOALCYNE CONTRAINTE POUR UNE FONCTIONNALISATION PAR CYCLOADDITION D'AZIDE-ALCYNE POST-FABRICATION
A method of creating biocompatible polymeric structures includes the steps of: providing a biocompatible polymer including a strained cycloalkyne end group; forming a polymeric structure from the biocompatible polymer such that the strained cycloalkyne end group remains on the biocompatible polymer; providing an azide tethered molecule; and, after forming the polymeric structure, reacting the azide tethered molecule with the cycloalkyne in an azide alkyne cycloaddition reaction to further functionalize the polymeric structure.