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Recently Emerging Trends in Magnetic Polymer Hydrogel Nanoarchitectures

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Pages 1039-1070 | Received 25 Oct 2021, Accepted 21 Jan 2022, Published online: 13 Feb 2022
 

ABSTRACT

Magnetic hydrogels (MHDG) are composites that are biocompatible, biodegradable, magnetically responsive, and characterized by type, concentration, geometry, and degree of uniformity of magnetic particulates, and hydrogels (HDG) used in fabrication. Nowadays, magnetically responsive smart hydrogels (MHDG) have been utilized in biomedicals and attainment of functional architectures. Furthermore, MHDG has been utilized as effective drug targeting and releasing tools. Hence, this paper gives brief insight into HDG evolution till the designing and development of MHDG; elaborates on MHDG relative to fundamental concepts concerning superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticulates, along with the fabrication and characterization of magneto-responsive HDG. Furthermore, critical uses of MHDG for drug conveyance, tissue engineering, cancer therapy, and environmental parameters are elucidated. This is capped with highlights on the challenges and future prospective of MHDG for 3-D and 4-D printing.

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Acknowledgments

Prof. Charles Esimone, Vice Chancellor, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria with Vision-200 project are acknowledged for encouraging and motivating effective academic legacies.

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

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