Nanocomposite Hydrogels: Advances in Nanofillers Used for Nanomedicine
Arti Vashist,
Ajeet Kaushik,
Anujit Ghosal,
Jyoti Bala,
Roozbeh Nikkhah-Moshaie,
Waseem A. Wani,
Pandiaraj Manickam,
Madhavan Nair
Affiliations
Arti Vashist
Department of Immunology & Nano-Medicine, Institute of NeuroImmune Pharmacology, Centre for Personalized Nanomedicine, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA
Ajeet Kaushik
Department of Immunology & Nano-Medicine, Institute of NeuroImmune Pharmacology, Centre for Personalized Nanomedicine, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA
Anujit Ghosal
School of Biotechnology, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 110067, India
Jyoti Bala
Department of Immunology & Nano-Medicine, Institute of NeuroImmune Pharmacology, Centre for Personalized Nanomedicine, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA
Roozbeh Nikkhah-Moshaie
Department of Immunology & Nano-Medicine, Institute of NeuroImmune Pharmacology, Centre for Personalized Nanomedicine, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA
Waseem A. Wani
Department of Chemistry, Govt. Degree College Tral, Kashmir, J&K 192123, India
Pandiaraj Manickam
Electrodics and Electrocatalysis Division, CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi 630006, Tamil Nadu, India
Madhavan Nair
Department of Immunology & Nano-Medicine, Institute of NeuroImmune Pharmacology, Centre for Personalized Nanomedicine, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA
The ongoing progress in the development of hydrogel technology has led to the emergence of materials with unique features and applications in medicine. The innovations behind the invention of nanocomposite hydrogels include new approaches towards synthesizing and modifying the hydrogels using diverse nanofillers synergistically with conventional polymeric hydrogel matrices. The present review focuses on the unique features of various important nanofillers used to develop nanocomposite hydrogels and the ongoing development of newly hydrogel systems designed using these nanofillers. This article gives an insight in the advancement of nanocomposite hydrogels for nanomedicine.
