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Nanogels of Natural Polymers

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Polymer Gels

Part of the book series: Gels Horizons: From Science to Smart Materials ((GHFSSM))

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Over the past few decades, a considerable interest was shown in developing nanogels (NGs) based on natural polymers or their derivatives to serve as generally regarded as safe (GRAS) biomedical devices that fuse the properties of both hydrogels and nanoparticles. This chapter presents different strategies to synthesize NGs via physical self-assembly or covalent crosslinking and their applications in therapeutic/biomedical fields, such as drug delivery systems, tissue engineering, artificial chaperone, imaging probes.

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