What are hydrogels, and what are they used for? These water-absorbing polymer networks have applications in drug delivery, wound healing, biosensors, and energy storage. Learn how researchers are ...

IIT-G and Bose Institute develop advanced injectable hydrogel for precise cancer treatment, minimizing side effects on ...

People usually throw that out." But Sun and UChicago Chemistry Professor Bozhi Tian realized the substance was a natural hydrogel — a viscous, water-based substance that has a variety of health ...

D-printed 'skin' could potentially eliminate the need for animal testing in the cosmetics industry, addressing ethical ...

Now, a team of researchers from Aalto University and the University of Bayreuth are the first to develop a hydrogel with a unique structure that overcomes earlier limitations, opening the door to ...

Now, a team of researchers has developed a hydrogel with a unique structure that overcomes earlier limitations, opening the door to applications such as drug delivery, wound healing, soft robotics ...

This cutting-edge nanocomposite hydrogel combines alginate, temperature-sensitive polymer poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM), and NIR-II-responsive carbon nanotubes (CNTs), where alginate and ...