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Nanocomposite Hydrogels: Advances in Nanofillers Used for Nanomedicine

The ongoing progress in the development of hydrogel technology has led to the emergence of materials with unique features and applications in medicine. The innovations behind the invention of nanocomposite hydrogels include new approaches towards synthesizing and modifying the hydrogels using divers...

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Autores principales: Vashist, Arti, Kaushik, Ajeet, Ghosal, Anujit, Bala, Jyoti, Nikkhah-Moshaie, Roozbeh, A. Wani, Waseem, Manickam, Pandiaraj, Nair, Madhavan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6209277/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30674851
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/gels4030075
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Sumario:The ongoing progress in the development of hydrogel technology has led to the emergence of materials with unique features and applications in medicine. The innovations behind the invention of nanocomposite hydrogels include new approaches towards synthesizing and modifying the hydrogels using diverse nanofillers synergistically with conventional polymeric hydrogel matrices. The present review focuses on the unique features of various important nanofillers used to develop nanocomposite hydrogels and the ongoing development of newly hydrogel systems designed using these nanofillers. This article gives an insight in the advancement of nanocomposite hydrogels for nanomedicine.