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Hydrogels

"Hydrogels" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Water swollen, rigid, 3-dimensional network of cross-linked, hydrophilic macromolecules, 20-95% water. They are used in paints, printing inks, foodstuffs, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics. (Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed)


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Hydrogels" by people in this website by year, and whether "Hydrogels" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 93 publications over 23 distinct years, with a maximum of 10 publications in 2014
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