Hydrogel - interesting material, exciting uses

In this episode, I discuss a special group of materials called hydrogels. For something that is hardly ever mentioned publically, it has a surprising amount of uses in the world... I can now be reached on twitter under @ChemistryinEve1 , if you have feedback that you would like to share. Alternatively, you can send an email to [email protected] . Sources 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogel 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrophile 3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyacrylamide 4. https://waterbeads.net/msd-sheet/ 5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LncMVXrA-iw (every day uses of these beads 6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBkXDxcO-Pg (Good reference) 7. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BE1xk1rlrGg (nice reference) 8. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogel 9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colloid 10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gel 11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superabsorbent_polymer 12. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-healing_hydrogels 13. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogel_agriculture 14. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gelatin 15. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collagen 16. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitreous_body