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Gels can be recognised as a stiff but flexible, soft everyday material. They survive the "inversion test", it is solid-like rheology that defies the character of the gel. Low-molecular-weight gels can be classified into organogels and hydrogels based on its constitution. All these gels have wide range of applications in the fields of biomedical engineering and pharmaceutical formulation. Hydrogels are highly tuneable viscoelastic hydrophilic polymers with 3D networks of cross-linking. Despite being mostly liquid, they have solid-like rheology due to its cross-linking. They are highly water-swellable polymer networks with water imbibing properties which gives them the flexibility to mimic natural tissues. The cross-linking is stabilised via interactions including Van der Waals, covalent bonding and hydrogen bonding. Hydrogels are formed by gelators of low molecular weight and exhibit colloidal properties. Stimuli-responsive nature of supramolecular gels can be utilised in targeted drug delivery systems. Natural polymeric hydrogels have a trending application in modern medicine due to its profound implication in sensing, targeted drug delivery, controlled release of a bio-active subs

Author

Smitha Benny; Jiya Jose; Sabu Thomas

Publisher

Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer

Published

2021

Language

EN

ISBN

9789811571381

Subjects

Science, Medical, Engineering