A 3D plasmonic sensing platform that combines the properties of citrate gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) and poly-(ethylene glycol) diacrylate (PEGDA) hydrogels is proposed as a nanocomposite hybrid material for biosensing applications, whose optical sensitivity can be tuned by varying particle mean diameter also predicted Mie theory. It found AuNPs embedded in hydrogel network are more stable when c...

Organic nanotubes (ONTs) have attracted growing attention in biomedical applications because of their unique inner and outer nanospaces. Here, ONTs were functionalized hybridized with poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) to construct nanocomposite hydrogels, the aim enhancing mechanical strength controlling release properties. These nanoengineered hydrogels 4-fold greater stiffness than unreinforced sho...

In this work, a series of hydrogel nanocomposites were prepared by grafting acrylic acid and acrylamide on gelatin in the presence of Na-montmorillonite (Na-MMT) nanoparticles. The characterizations of hydrogel nanocomposites were examined by swelling experiments, Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy, X-Ray diffraction (XRD) patterns and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). Scanning ele...