Ingestible hydrogel device

High swelling ratio, speed and long term robustness tend not coexist in hydrogels which limits their use in devices. Here, the authors introduce a pufferfish-inspired hydrogel device ingested as a standard-sized pill, swells rapidly and maintains robustness under repeated mechanical loads in the sto...

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Main Authors: Xinyue Liu, Christoph Steiger, Shaoting Lin, German Alberto Parada, Ji Liu, Hon Fai Chan, Hyunwoo Yuk, Nhi V. Phan, Joy Collins, Siddartha Tamang, Giovanni Traverso, Xuanhe Zhao
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2019
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/85523130a21c4cd6ba89dc379e25b344
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