Hydrogel network
AssigneeOxford University Innovation Limited
InventorsJohn Hagan Pryce Bayley, Kunwar Tanuj Sapra
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Abstract
The invention provides a hydrogel network comprising a plurality of hydrogel objects, wherein each of said hydrogel objects comprises: a hydrogel body, and an outer layer of amphipathic molecules, on at least part of the surface of the hydrogel body, wherein each of said hydrogel objects contacts another of said hydrogel objects to form an interface between the contacting hydrogel objects. A process for producing the hydrogel networks is also provided. The invention also provides an electrochemical circuit and hydrogel component for mechanical devices comprising a hydrogel network. Various uses of the hydrogel network are also described, including their use in synthetic biology and as components in electrochemical circuits and mechanical devices.
Claims17
A hydrogel network comprising a plurality of hydrogel objects, wherein each of said hydrogel objects comprises:
- (a) a hydrogel body, and
- (b) an outer layer of amphipathic molecules, on at least part of the surface of the hydrogel body,
- wherein each of said hydrogel objects contacts another of said hydrogel objects to form an interface between the hydrogel objects;
- wherein said plurality of hydrogel objects comprises a first hydrogel object and a second hydrogel object, wherein each of the first and second hydrogel objects comprises:
- (a) a hydrogel body, and
- (b) an outer layer of amphipathic molecules, on at least part of the surface of the hydrogel body,
- wherein the first hydrogel object contacts the second hydrogel object to form an interface between the first and second hydrogel objects;
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- the hydrogel body of the first hydrogel object is in direct contact with the hydrogel body of the second hydrogel object, at the interface between the first and second hydrogel objects.
A hydrogel network comprising a plurality of hydrogel objects,
- wherein each of said hydrogel objects comprises:
- (a) a hydrogel body, and
- (b) an outer layer of amphipathic molecules, on at least part of the surface of the hydrogel body,
- wherein each of said hydrogel objects contacts another of said hydrogel objects to form an interface between the hydrogel objects;
- wherein at least one of said plurality of hydrogel objects is a Janus particle comprising:
- (a) a hydrogel body comprising a hydrophilic material and a hydrophobic material, and
- (b) an outer layer of amphipathic molecules, on at least part of the surface of the hydrogel body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.