Nanoparticle–Hydrogel Composites: Concept, Design, and Applications of These Promising, Multi-Functional Materials

Praveen Thoniyot; Mein Jin Tan; Anis Abdul Karim; David James Young; Xian Jun Loh

doi:10.1002/advs.201400010

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Nanoparticle–Hydrogel Composites: Concept, Design, and Applications of These Promising, Multi-Functional Materials

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Nanoparticle–Hydrogel Composites: Concept, Design, and Applications of These Promising, Multi-Functional Materials

Praveen Thoniyot, Mein Jin Tan, Anis Abdul Karim, David James Young and Xian Jun Loh

Advanced Science, Vol.2(1-2), pp.1-13

2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.201400010

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Other Chemical Sciences

hydrogel-nanoparticle composites

stimuli responsive hydrogels

polymer networks

multi-functional materials

New technologies rely on the development of new materials, and these may simply be the innovative combination of known components. The structural combination of a polymer hydrogel network with a nanoparticle (metals, non-metals, metal oxides, and polymeric moieties) holds the promise of providing superior functionality to the composite material with applications in diverse fields, including catalysis, electronics, bio-sensing, drug delivery, nano-medicine, and environmental remediation. This mixing may result in a synergistic property enhancement of each component: for example, the mechanical strength of the hydrogel and concomitantly decrease aggregation of the nanoparticles. These mutual benefits and the associated potential applications have seen a surge of interest in the past decade from multi-disciplinary research groups. Recent advances in nanoparticle-hydrogel composites are herein reviewed with a focus on their synthesis, design, potential applications, and the inherent challenges accompanying these exciting materials.

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Title: Nanoparticle–Hydrogel Composites: Concept, Design, and Applications of These Promising, Multi-Functional Materials
Authors: Praveen Thoniyot (Author) - Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Singapore
Mein Jin Tan (Author) - Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Singapore
Anis Abdul Karim (Author) - Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Singapore
David James Young (Author) - Monash University Malaysia, Malaysia
Xian Jun Loh (Author) - Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Singapore
Publication details: Advanced Science, Vol.2(1-2), pp.1-13
Publisher: Wiley - V C H Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA
Date published: 2015
DOI: 10.1002/advs.201400010
ISSN: 2198-3844
Copyright note: Copyright © 2015 The Authors. Published by WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99449488302621
Output Type: Journal article

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