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Gels, Volume 3, Issue 4

December 2017 - 12 articles

Cover Story: Confocal laser scanning microscopy, as a non-destructive method, allows the study of macroporous cryogels or hydrogels in native strongly hydrated state (up to 99 % water) to analyse 3D morphology and textural characteristics in parallel to analyses with low-temperature 1H NMR spectroscopy, cryoporometry, relaxometry, etc. These give a deeper insight into interfacial phenomena, linked to the behaviour of bound water, that is very important in biomedical applications of the materials. View Paper here.

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36 Citations

9,182 Views

16 Pages

Controlled Release of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor from Heparin-Functionalized Gelatin Type A and Albumin Hydrogels

Christiane Claaßen,
Lisa Sewald,
Günter E. M. Tovar and
Kirsten Borchers

Gels2017, 3(4), 35;https://doi.org/10.3390/gels3040035

9 October 2017

Bio-based release systems for pro-angiogenic growth factors are of interest, to overcome insufficient vascularization and bio-integration of implants. In this study, we investigated heparin-functionalized hydrogels based on gelatin type A or albumin...

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25,596 Views

31 Pages

Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) and Copolymers: A Review on Recent Progresses in Biomedical Applications

Sonia Lanzalaco and
Elaine Armelin

Gels2017, 3(4), 36;https://doi.org/10.3390/gels3040036

4 October 2017

The innate ability of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAAm) thermo-responsive hydrogel to copolymerize and to graft synthetic polymers and biomolecules, in conjunction with the highly controlled methods of radical polymerization which are now availab...

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