Abstract:Background: Soft nanocomposite hydrogels can be based either on polymer network or on selfassembled network of wormlike surfactant micelles (WLMs). To provide additional functionality to the matrix the hydrogels can contain delivery vehicle components, for instance, nanoclay tactoids, which make them very promising for drug delivery and tissue engineering applications. Injectable systems represent an ever-growing class of nanomaterials possessing a unique combination of physical and chemical properties. For th… Show more
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