Soft and Strong
Credit: HIZEL
Hydrogels are biocompatible materials with numerous medical uses: as surgical wound dressings (see photo), a matrix for growing tissue, replacement for cartilage or for targeted drug delivery. A drawback, though, is weakness—being 95% water, scientists have been unable to combine the strength and...
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