Emerging Role of Hydrogels in Drug Delivery Systems, Tissue Engineering and Wound Management

• Main Authors: Shery Jacob (Author), Anroop B. Nair (Author), Jigar Shah (Author), Nagaraja Sreeharsha (Author), Sumeet Gupta (Author), Pottathil Shinu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2021-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The popularity of hydrogels as biomaterials lies in their tunable physical properties, ability to encapsulate small molecules and macromolecular drugs, water holding capacity, flexibility, and controllable degradability. Functionalization strategies to overcome the deficiencies of conventional hydro...