Fundamental Concepts of Hydrogels: Synthesis, Properties, and …
Swelling of hydrogels involves three steps: first is the diffusion of water into the hydrogel network; second is the loosening up of polymer chains; third is the expansion of hydrogel network. …
Swelling - Hydrogel Design
Swelling is possible because the solid component of the hydrogel, which is typically a polymer network, is both elastic and hydrophilic, enabling enough water to be absorbed to increase the …
Theoretical Description of Hydrogel Swelling: A Review
2010年4月1日 · review on existing mathematical models and theories in the field of hydrogel swelling as well as the description of the drug release mechanism from swelling-controlled …
Swelling-strengthening hydrogels by embedding with …
2020年9月9日 · Here, we describe a swelling-strengthening phenomenon of polymer materials achieved by a bioinspired strategy. Liposomal membrane nanobarriers are covalently …
Hydrogel swelling behavior and its biomedical applications
2011年1月1日 · Hydrogels made of polyelectrolytes swell more due to the charge repulsion among polymer chains, and such swelling property is useful in environment-sensitive swelling …
Design principles for strong and tough hydrogels - Nature
2024年5月7日 · Hydrogels are crosslinked polymer networks swollen with water. Owing to their soft and water-containing nature, hydrogels are promising materials for applications in many …
Swollen hydrogel nanotechnology: Advanced applications of the ...
2024年10月1日 · We first discuss the factors influencing hydrogel swelling, such as network size and polymer properties. Next, we explore the mechanisms underlying hydrogel swelling, …
Hydrogels are widely studied for their ability to swell when dialyzed in water. We review briey the Flory-Huggins theory of the swelling of hydrogels. We compare experimental data to the …
Tailoring the Swelling‐Shrinkable Behavior of Hydrogels for …
HSHs refer to a type of hydrogels which have excellent swelling capacity in liquid media. They can be constructed based on natural polymers, synthetic polymers, or mixtures of both. NSHs are …
Protocol efficiently measuring the swelling rate of hydrogels
2020年1月1日 · Swelling rate is one of the most important properties of hydrogels. To measure the swelling rate, the profile of swelling capacity versus time of a hydrogel sample is obtained …
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