physicochemical characteristics and biomedical applications of hydrogels: a review

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r. sariri

abstract

hydrogels are introduced to modem medicine as novel materials suitable for a variety ofbiomedical applications. studying hydrogels as novel biomaterials has become a fast-developingand exciting research field during the last two decades. these interesting biomaterials have found awide range of application including contact lenses, vehicles for drug delivery and scaffold in tissueengineering and protein delivery systems. traditionally hydrogels are formed by chemical crosslinkingof water-soluble polymers or by polymerization of water-soluble monomers. however,these cross-linking methods lack biocompatibility with fragile molecules like pharmaceuticalproteins and living cells. in all types of applications, the biocompatibility of hydrogels is the mostimportant factor to be considered. many newly developed hydrogels are designed to gelspontaneously under physiological conditions. in these systems, hydrogel formation occurs in situ,at the site of injection, without the aid of potentially toxic or denaturizing cross-linking agents.this review paper presents the chemical nature and biomedical applications of hydrogels.

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Journal title:
journal of physical & theoretical chemistry

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volume 8

issue 3 2011

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