| CPC A61L 27/3804 (2013.01) [A61L 27/3813 (2013.01); A61L 27/3817 (2013.01); A61L 27/3826 (2013.01); A61L 27/3834 (2013.01); A61L 27/446 (2013.01); A61L 27/52 (2013.01); A61L 27/54 (2013.01); B33Y 70/00 (2014.12); C08G 73/02 (2013.01); C08K 3/02 (2013.01); C08L 1/02 (2013.01); C09D 11/03 (2013.01); C09D 11/38 (2013.01); A61L 27/18 (2013.01); A61L 27/26 (2013.01); A61L 2300/258 (2013.01); A61L 2300/414 (2013.01); A61L 2300/426 (2013.01); A61L 2300/428 (2013.01); A61L 2400/12 (2013.01); B05D 5/00 (2013.01); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B82Y 40/00 (2013.01); C08G 83/003 (2013.01); C08K 2003/023 (2013.01); C08L 2203/02 (2013.01)] | 19 Claims |

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1. A nanocomposite hydrogel composition comprising:
about 1 wt. % to about 10 wt. % of nanoparticles by weight of the composition;
about 1 wt. % to about 10 wt. % of one or more gelling agents by weight of the composition, wherein the one or more gelling agents comprise alginate, alginate sulfate, gellan gum, acylated gellan gum, gellan sulfate, or a combination of any two or more thereof, wherein a weight ratio of the nanoparticles to the one or more gelling agents is about 1:20 to about 20:1; and
a solvent comprising a protic solvent;
wherein the nanoparticles have a net cationic charge, and the nanoparticles interact electrostatically with the one or more gelling agents to form the nanocomposite hydrogel composition.
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