chewing gum hydrogel (IMAGE)

Texas A&M University

chewing gum hydrogel

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The natural sweetener D-sorbitol was used to improve conductive hydrogels for electronic implants, which are used to diagnose and treat a variety of diseases.

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Danielle Benavides/Texas A&M Engineering

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