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Polymer Gels: Classification and Recent Developments in Biomedical Applications

Polymer gels are a valuable class of polymeric materials that have recently attracted significant interest due to the exceptional properties such as versatility, soft-structure, flexibility and stimuli-responsive, biodegradability, and biocompatibility. Based on their properties, polymer gels can be...

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Autores principales: Chelu, Mariana, Musuc, Adina Magdalena
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9956074/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36826331
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/gels9020161
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description Polymer gels are a valuable class of polymeric materials that have recently attracted significant interest due to the exceptional properties such as versatility, soft-structure, flexibility and stimuli-responsive, biodegradability, and biocompatibility. Based on their properties, polymer gels can be used in a wide range of applications: food industry, agriculture, biomedical, and biosensors. The utilization of polymer gels in different medical and industrial applications requires a better understanding of the formation process, the factors which affect the gel’s stability, and the structure-rheological properties relationship. The present review aims to give an overview of the polymer gels, the classification of polymer gels’ materials to highlight their important features, and the recent development in biomedical applications. Several perspectives on future advancement of polymer hydrogel are offered.
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spelling pubmed-99560742023-02-25 Polymer Gels: Classification and Recent Developments in Biomedical Applications Chelu, Mariana Musuc, Adina Magdalena Gels Review Polymer gels are a valuable class of polymeric materials that have recently attracted significant interest due to the exceptional properties such as versatility, soft-structure, flexibility and stimuli-responsive, biodegradability, and biocompatibility. Based on their properties, polymer gels can be used in a wide range of applications: food industry, agriculture, biomedical, and biosensors. The utilization of polymer gels in different medical and industrial applications requires a better understanding of the formation process, the factors which affect the gel’s stability, and the structure-rheological properties relationship. The present review aims to give an overview of the polymer gels, the classification of polymer gels’ materials to highlight their important features, and the recent development in biomedical applications. Several perspectives on future advancement of polymer hydrogel are offered. MDPI 2023-02-17 /pmc/articles/PMC9956074/ /pubmed/36826331 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/gels9020161 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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