Injectable shear-thinning hydrogel systems are reviewed in this recent paper by Jason Burdick and co-workers. Injectable hydrogels are important for tissue engineering and drug delivery, they can be applied through a syringe and undergo a rapid sol-gel transition at the target site. This review highlights the mechanisms for hydrogel formation to obtain shear-thinning behaviour and subsequent self-healing properties of the gels.
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Shear-thinning hydrogels for biomedical applications
Murat Guvendiren, Hoang D. Lu and Jason A. Burdick
Soft Matter, 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C1SM06513K
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