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Rapid and Extensive Collapse from Electrically Responsive Macroporous Hydrogels

Year: 2013

Type: article

Abstract: Electrically responsive hydrogels are created with interconnected macropores, which greatly enhance their ability to rapidly undergo volumetric collapse when subjected to moderate electric fields. When optimized, these electrogels are easily integrated into arrays capable of rapid configurational and chromatic optical modulations, and when loaded with drugs, are able to coordinate the delivery profile of multiple drugs.

Source: Advanced Healthcare Materials

DOI: 10.1002/adhm.201300260

Authors: Stephen Kennedy, Sidi Bencherif, Daniel Norton, Laura Weinstock, Manav Mehta, David Mooney

Institutions: Harvard University, Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin

Language: English

Topic: Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications

Subfield: Molecular Medicine

Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: green