Synthesis and fabrication of gelatin-based elastomeric hydrogels through cosolvent-induced polymer restructuring.

Hydrogels have a wide range of applications in tissue engineering, drug delivery, device fabrication for biological studies and stretchable electronics. For biomedical applications, natural polymeric hydrogels have general advantages such as biodegradability and non-toxic by products as well as biocompatibility. However, applications of nature derived hydrogels have been severely limited by their poor mechanical properties.