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10.1021/nn5002968
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control. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2:3. https://doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2014.00003
3. Sun Y, Jensen H, Petersen NJ, Larsen SW, Østergaard J (2017) Phase separation of in situ
forming poly(lactide-co-glycolide acid) implants investigated using a hydrogel-based
subcutaneous tissue surrogate and UV–vis imaging. J Pharm Biomed Anal 145:682–691.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpba.2017.07.056
4. Bai W, Spivak DA (2014) A double-imprinted diffraction-grating sensor based on a
virus-responsive super-aptamer hydrogel derived from an impure extract. Angew Chem 126
(8):2127–2130. https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.201309462
5. Mrozek RA, Sliozberg YR, Andzelm JW, Lenhart JL (2015) Polymer gels for defense
applications. In: Barthelat F, Korach C, Zavattieri P, Prorok BC, Grande-Allen KJ
(eds) Mechanics of biological systems and materials. Proceedings of the 2014 annual
conference on experimental and applied mechanics, vol 7. Springer International Publishing,
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materials and versatile applications. Chem Commun 52(52):8055–8074. https://doi.org/10.
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(1999) The gelation of CO 2 : a sustainable route to the creation of microcellular materials.
Science 286(5444):1540–1543. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.286.5444.1540
9. Jung JH, Ono Y, Shinkai S (2000) Sol–gel polycondensation of tetraethoxysilane in a
cholesterol-based organogel system results in chiral spiral silica. Angew Chem Int Ed 39
(10):1862–1865
10. van den Berg O, Nguyen L-TT, Teixeira RFA, Goethals F, Özdilek C, Berghmans S, Du
Prez FE (2014) Low modulus dry silicone-gel materials by photoinduced thiol–ene chemistry.
Macromolecules 47(4):1292–1300. https://doi.org/10.1021/ma402564a
11. Forbes CJ, McCoy CF, Murphy DJ, Woolfson AD, Moore JP, Evans A, Shattock RJ,
Malcolm RK (2014) Modified silicone elastomer vaginal gels for sustained release of
antiretroviral HIV microbicides. J Pharm Sci 103(5):1422–1432. https://doi.org/10.1002/jps.
23913
12. Bin Imran A, Esaki K, Gotoh H, Seki T, Ito K, Sakai Y, Takeoka Y (2014) Extremely
stretchable thermosensitive hydrogels by introducing slide-ring polyrotaxane cross-linkers
and ionic groups into the polymer network. Nat Commun 5:5124. https://doi.org/10.1038/
ncomms6124
13. Wichterle O, Lim D (1960) Hydrophilic gels for biological use. Nature 185(4706):117–118
14. Lloyd AW, Faragher RGA, Denyer SP (2001) Ocular biomaterials and implants. Biomaterials
22(8):769–785. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0142-9612(00)00237-4
15. Nicolson PC, Vogt J (2001) Soft contact lens polymers: an evolution. Biomaterials 22
(24):3273–3283. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0142-9612(01)00165-X
16. Suzuki A, Tanaka T (1990) Phase transition in polymer gels induced by visible light. Nature
346(6282):345–347
17. Kwon IC, Bae YH, Kim SW (1991) Electrically credible polymer gel for controlled release of
drugs. Nature 354(6351):291–293
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