The new generation of hydrogels moves away from the bulk materials of old, to those with multilayered, complex internal structures and controllable physical properties.
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Elisseeff, J. Structure starts to gel. Nature Mater 7, 271–273 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat2147
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