Vanishing device for enrichment, retrieval, separation, arrangement of targeted agents and methods of fabrication

Abstract

Vanishing device or structure made of specifically-linked hydrogel that can be configured, via the linkage chemistry, for a number of different applications, including enrichment, retrieval, separation, and/or arrangement of a targeted agent within an environment and then to, additionally, fully dissolve under a pre-defined condition such as heat, body temperature, light, time, among other examples described herein for that application. The separation, and subsequent vanishing, allows for the isolation and/or enrichment of the targeted agent for subsequent analysis that would otherwise damage, degrade, or affect the target agent of interest. The separation can also arrange or retrieve the target agent in a structure that can then vanish to allow for the subsequent analysis of the target agent.

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