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We have emphasized here that the dynamic aspects of NMR studies are crucially important for structurally or dynamically heterogeneous systems such as synthetic or natural hydrogels, protein fibrils and membrane proteins. This is in order to characterize their unique chemical, physical and biological properties in terms of a variety of fluctuation frequencies, including high (> 108 Hz) or intermediate (104-105 Hz) frequency fluctuations. It turns out that the presence of the high-frequency motions, which are readily evaluated by comparative CPMAS and DDMAS studies, is... 

Life on Earth is linked to the presence of water, and water is our main constituent. However, all kinds of living species are not simply bags of water but are highly organised. This specialised organisation depends on, among other compounds, macromolecules (Box 1.1), i.e. polymers that are able to retain and structure water, as natural hydrogels. 

Many natural hydrogels are known to be constituents of the extracellular matrix, mucin, glycocalix and so on. Jelly is a well-known example of the use of hydrogels in food. Hydrogels can be obtained from many hydrophilic polymers, either natural (e.g. cellulose, dextran, alginate, hyaltuonic acid, chitosan, pectin) or synthetic (e.g. poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA), PEG, poly(vinyl pyrrolidone) (PVP), PHEMA, polyacrylamides). 

Collagen Natural Hydrogel, Nanoparticle, Tissue Engineering Hyaluronic acid and fibronectin... 

Agarose Natural Hydrogel, Beads Oncolytic agents... 

Hutchens SA, Benson RS, Evans BR, O Neill HM, Rawn CJ. Biomimetic synthesis of calcium-deficient hydroxyapatite in a natural hydrogel. Biomaterials 2006 27 4661-70. 

If the soft systems of the human body are hydrogels, should good artificial biocompatible materials also be hydrogels At this time, the answer to this question is negative. Although it is difficult to explain simply, it is clear that natural hydrogels differ greatly from artificial ones. 

Among the other characteristics of biomaterials, the polymeric constituents are digested by enzymes that are then absorbed by living organs and, additionally, fat and ions cannot necessarily penetrate fieely into the natural hydrogels. 

There are many natural hydrogels such as konnyaku, agar, and kamaboko. As polymer chemistry develops, synthetic polymer gels are increasingly used for separation, and as medical materials and sealants. However, these gels do not respond to external stimuli. Since the discovery and theoretical development of the volumetric phase transition by Tanaka (MIT) [9] many stimuli-responsive gels have been synthesized and their stimuli responsive behavior has been studied. 

Biomimetic synthesis of caldum-defident hydroxyapatite in a natural hydrogel. Biomaterials, 27,4661 70. 

Natural hydrogels are water-liking networks that are made out of naturally derived polymers, and are widely used in tissue engineering. For example, extra cellular matrix components (ECM) such as hyaluronic acid (HA), chondroitin sulfate (CS), matrigel, and collagen-based hydrogels are used as scaffolds for... 

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