Chemistry Name Professor Institution Course Date Contents TOC o 1-3 h z u HYPERLINK l _Toc453182779 1.4 Hydrogels PAGEREF _Toc453182779 h 2 HYPERLINK l _Toc453182780 1.4.1 DNA-Functionalized Hydrogels PAGEREF _Toc453182780 h 2 HYPERLINK l _Toc453182781 3.1 Effect of DNA concentration PAGEREF _Toc453182781 h 5 HYPERLINK l _Toc453182782 3.2 Effect of hydrogel percentage PAGEREF _Toc453182782 h 8 HYPERLINK l _Toc453182783 3.3 Effect of crosslinker density PAGEREF _Toc453182783 h 9 HYPERLINK l _Toc453182784 3.4 Effect of AuNP size PAGEREF _Toc453182784 h 10 HYPERLINK l _Toc453182785 3.5 Effect of gel charge PAGEREF _Toc453182785 h 12 HYPERLINK l _Toc453182786 3.6 Binding model PAGEREF _Toc453182786 h 13 HYPERLINK l _Toc453182787 3.7 Summary PAGEREF _Toc453182787 h 14 1.4 Hydrogels Hydrogels are crosslinked hydrophilic polymer networks HYPERLINK l _ENREF_49 o Peppas, 2 ADDIN EN.CITE ADDIN EN.CITE.DATA 49-51 that have attracted many fields of recent research, including the making of sensors. HYPERLINK l _ENREF_52 o Murakami, 4 ADDIN EN.CITE ADDIN EN.CITE.DATA 52-57 Hydrogels also possess many physical properties. ADDIN EN.CITE ADDIN EN.CITE.DATA HYPERLINK