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 ...

Researchers have developed a hydrogel-based strain sensor that measures blood potassium from a single drop of serum in two ...

Addressing this, Professor Gong’s research team has recently developed a rapid self-strengthening hydrogel technology using weak chemical bond cleavage for activation. For this, they modified a ...

Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology-Guwahati (IIT-G) and the Bose Institute, Kolkata have developed an advanced injectable hydrogel for localised cancer treatment. A statement ...

Addition of a photodegradable group to the backbone of synthetic hydrogels enables real-time control of the material's chemical and physical properties. The techniques allow for observation of ...

More information: Reina Hagiwara et al, Bioinspired hydrogels: polymeric designs towards artificial photosynthesis, Chemical ...