Unlike conventional robots, these microrobots are soft, flexible, and motor-less. They are made of a biocompatible hydrogel and magnetic nanoparticles. These nanoparticles have two functions. They ...

A research team from Northwest University, China, has developed a breakthrough nano-composite hydrogel system to address the ...

Hydrogel nanoparticles provide foundation for tunable photonic crystals via controlled de-swelling Peer-Reviewed Publication. Georgia Institute of Technology Research News ...

Researchers have developed a novel nanoengineered granular hydrogel bioink that makes use of self-assembling nanoparticles and hydrogel microparticles to achieve previously unattained levels of ...

The hydrogel contains nanoparticles that can reprogram immune cells called macrophages, which flood the site after the surgery. Frustratingly, ...

What are hydrogels, ... (MSCs) and bioactive nanoparticles can accelerate bone healing. Recent work by Hussain et al. (2023) developed composite hydrogels based on GelMA-catechol, ...

Adding Laponite nanoparticles to the gel also seems to improve its mechanical properties, says Emilio Alarcon, a bionanomaterials chemist at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute.Alarcon would ...

The resulting granular hydrogel bioink had well-preserved microporosity, enhanced shape fidelity and printability. “Our work is based on the premise that nanoparticles can adsorb onto polymeric ...

Nanoparticles are materials that are confined to the nanoscale in all three dimensions. Engineered nanoparticles play an important role in nanotechnology. The specific properties of nanoparticles is ...

WELL, AN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HAS JUST RECEIVED A GRANT TO CONDUCT MORE RESEARCH ON THE ...