Nonswelling Lubricative Nanocolloidal Hydrogel Resistant to Biodegradation (IMAGE)

Shanghai Jiao Tong University Journal Center

Nonswelling Lubricative Nanocolloidal Hydrogel Resistant to Biodegradation

Caption

  • Novel nanocolloidal hydrogels form nanoparticles of methacryloyl-modified biopolymers.
  • The nanocolloidal hydrogels exhibit tunable mechanical properties, nonswelling behavior, excellent biodegradation resistance, and good biocompatibility.
  • The nanocolloidal hydrogels show outstanding lubrication with a friction coefficient as low as ~ 0.0018.

Credit

Tiantian Ding, Chunxia Ren, Liyuan Meng, Guoyong Han, Yao Xue, Wenlong Song, Daowei Li, Hongchen Sun, Bai Yang, Yunfeng Li.

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