Stretchable, biocompatible hydrogels with complex patterning for tissue engineering
Tuesday, June 2, 2015 - 05:00
in Physics & Chemistry
Researchers have developed a new way of making tough—but soft and wet—biocompatible materials, called "hydrogels," into complex and intricately patterned shapes. The process might lead to injectable materials for delivering drugs or cells into the body; scaffolds for regenerating load-bearing tissues; or tough but flexible actuators for future robots, the researchers say.