Hydrogels for Drug Delivery
- Authors: Reena Singh1, Rahul Goel2, Seema Gupta3, Pradeep Kumar4
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View Affiliations Hide Affiliations1 Nucleic Acids Research Laboratory, CSIR Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Mall Road, Delhi-110007, India 2 Nucleic Acids Research Laboratory, CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Mall Road, Delhi-110007, India 3 Department of Chemistry, Acharya Narendra Dev College, University of Delhi, New Delhi- 110019, India 4 Nucleic Acids Research Laboratory, CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Mall Road, Delhi-110007, India
- Source: Nanomaterials: Evolution and Advancement towards Therapeutic Drug Delivery (Part II) , pp 90-124
- Publication Date: June 2021
- Language: English
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The term Hydrogel' is self-defined, as a material composed of water (hydro) and matrix (gel). The hydrogels do not dissolve in water; rather, absorb water and swell into a volumetric mass due to their smart 3-dimensional network. Over the past few years, hydrogels have served as a multifunctional platform and gained the interest of the scientific community. The unique properties of hydrogels, including flexibility, biocompatibility, and mechanical stability, have made them quite an important research area in different fields like disease treatment, targeted drug delivery, and many others. The current applications of hydrogels include the manufacturing of contact lenses, drug delivery systems, hemostats, wound dressings, biosensors, etc. Here, the role of polymer and peptide-based hydrogels, their multi-functionality, unique properties, and major uses have been elaborated, which can serve as a major tool for human welfare in the future.
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