Research advances on properties and carriers of self-healing hydrogels for medical applications
Self-healing hydrogel is a novel type of material with reticular structure and self-healing capability.On the one hand,this material has intrinsic self-healing and realizes its self-healing property of structural fracture and reconnection through dynamic chemical bonding.On the other hand,hydrogels are dynamic,self-regulating and biocompatible,making them promising drug delivery vehicles.This review summarized the latest researches of self-healing hydrogels in the field of drug delivery.Also application prospects and research directions of drug-loading systems based upon self-healing hydrogels in pharmacy were discussed.
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