2.5D Hierarchical Structuring of Nanocomposite Hydrogel Films Containing Cellulose Nanocrystals

Although two-dimensional hydrogel thin films have been applied across many biomedical applications, creating higher dimensionality structured hydrogel interfaces would enable potentially improved and more biomimetic hydrogel performance in biosensing, bioseparations, tissue engineering, drug delivery, and wound healing applications. Herein, we present a new and simple approach to control the structure of hydrogel thin films in 2.5D. Hybrid …