Gels | |
Nanoparticle-Integrated Hydrogels as Multifunctional Composite Materials for Biomedical Applications | |
Marco Biondi1  Assunta Borzacchiello2  Laura Mayol1  Luigi Ambrosio2  | |
[1] Dipartimento di Farmacia, Università di Napoli Federico II, Via D. Montesano 49, 80131 Napoli, Italy; E-Mails:;Istituto per i Polimeri Compositi e Biomateriali (IPCB-CNR), P.le Tecchio 80, 80125 Napoli, Italy; E-Mail: | |
关键词: nanocomposites; nanoparticles; hydrogels; biomedical applications; nanocomposite hydrogels; | |
DOI : 10.3390/gels1020162 | |
来源: mdpi | |
【 摘 要 】
This review focuses on the most recent developments in the field of nanocomposite hydrogels intended for biomedical applications. Nanocomposite hydrogels are hydrated polymeric networks with a physically or covalently crosslinked three-dimensional (3D) structure swollen with water, in the presence of nanoparticles or nanostructures. A wide array of nanomaterials (polymeric, carbon-based, metallic, ceramic) can be incorporated within the hydrogel network to obtain reinforced nanocomposite hydrogels. Nanocomposites represent a new class of materials with properties absent in the individual components. In particular, the incorporation of nanomaterials within a polymeric hydrogel network is an attractive approach to tailor the mechanical properties of the hydrogels and/or to provide the nanocomposite with responsiveness to external stimuli.
【 授权许可】
CC BY
© 2015 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
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