CM-Tec concentrates a great deal of effort on the development of hydrophilic polymers and hydrogels. These polymer products are friendly to aqueous liquids and hydrophilic application environment.
Hydrophilic Polymers Hydrophilic polymers can be synthesized into two types, that is, water-soluble and water- insoluble, depending on specific applications. Water-soluble polymers can be used as drug release agents, thickeners, wetting agents, colloidal dispersants, water descaling agents, etc., in food, cosmetic, coating, ink, and other products or processes. In addition, water- insoluble hydrophilic polymers also have a wide array of applications in medical, pharmaceutical, hygienical, agricultural sectors in such capabilities as super water adsorbents, bioadhesives, artificial tissues, drug delivery carriers (or devices), and seed coatings.
Hydrogels Hydrogels, as a class of promising biomaterials, are types of crosslinked water-swellable polymers. They possess vast potential in the medical, pharmaceutical, and other industries. Through many intricate customizations, a hydrogel can be sensitive or responsive to the fluctuations in its external environment, such as, temperature, pH, ionic strength, electric stimulus, etc. Please see the Table of Response-to-Conditions for responsive features. Thus, a hydrogel can intelligently alter its properties, e.g., configuration dimension, aqueous liquid swelling, permeability, diffusibility, and degradability, in response to stimuli from environment. Due to these unique features, hydrogels are being utilized in numerous novel biomedical and drug delivery systems, and other unique applications.
Typical Examples: • A smart hydrogel material (Ion strength & temperature responsive) synthesized for a company, which was then made into a kind of sensor used in the saline environment. • A temperature sensitive hydrogel was delivered to a client for wound dressing applications. • Diverse functional wound dressings were designed and synthesized for different application purposes, such as oral wound dressing, photodynamic dressing, and other similar product - face mask films.
To meet extensive needs in this area, we are continuously expanding our product base; meanwhile, we endeavor to provide high quality contract services in hydrophilic polymer synthesis, hydrogel design and synthesis, and related sample analysis.