"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.
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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D020100
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D20.280.320.375 D26.255.165.320.375
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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.
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| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2010 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2011 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2012 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2013 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2014 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 2015 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2016 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2017 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2018 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2019 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2020 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2021 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2022 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2023 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Hydrogels" by people in Profiles.
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Liu W, Liu K, McClements DJ, Jin Z, Chen L. Development and characterization of edible bigels based on starch hydrogels and monoglyceride oleogels for dysphagia food. Food Chem. 2025 Sep 01; 485:144506.
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Gupta A, Hassan MA, Ndugire W, Park J, Noor S, Nagaraj H, Chakraborty S, Rotello VM. Light-Triggered Bioorthogonal Nanozyme Hydrogels for Prodrug Activation and Treatment of Bacterial Biofilms. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2025 May 07; 17(18):26361-26370.
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Chiang MC, Clarke BR, Tew GN, Schiffman JD. Antifouling Activity of Bottlebrush Network Hydrogels. ACS Appl Bio Mater. 2025 May 19; 8(5):4200-4208.
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Jayakumar D, Santhapur R, McClements DJ. Fabrication of mycelium-gellan gum hybrids as next generation alternative protein foods produced by fermentation. Food Res Int. 2025 Jun; 211:116495.
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Huang S, Xiao R, Lin S, Wu Z, Lin C, Jang G, Hong E, Gupta S, Lu F, Chen B, Liu X, Sahasrabudhe A, Zhang Z, He Z, Crosby AJ, Sumaria K, Liu T, Wang Q, Rao S. Anisotropic hydrogel microelectrodes for intraspinal neural recordings in vivo. Nat Commun. 2025 Jan 28; 16(1):1127.
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Liu H, Liu Y, Peng S, Zhou L, McClements DJ, Fang S, Liu W. Colonic delivery and controlled release of curcumin encapsulated within plant-based extracellular vesicles loaded into hydrogel beads. Food Res Int. 2025 Feb; 202:115540.
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Sun G, Li B, Li Y, McClements DJ. Construction of biopolymer-based hydrogel beads for encapsulation, retention, and colonic delivery of tributyrin: Development of functional beverages (fortified bubble tea). Food Res Int. 2024 Dec; 197(Pt 1):115165.
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Park J, Hassan MA, Nabawy A, Li CH, Jiang M, Parmar K, Reddivari A, Goswami R, Jeon T, Patel R, Rotello VM. Engineered Bacteriophage-Polymer Nanoassemblies for Treatment of Wound Biofilm Infections. ACS Nano. 2024 10 01; 18(39):26928-26936.
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Pang Z, Li M, Tong F, McClements DJ, Tan W, Chen C, Liu X. Impact of lecithin on the lubrication properties of konjac glucomannan gels. Int J Biol Macromol. 2024 Nov; 279(Pt 4):135582.
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McClements DJ. Composite hydrogels assembled from food-grade biopolymers: Fabrication, properties, and applications. Adv Colloid Interface Sci. 2024 Oct; 332:103278.