Table 1.

Hydrogel candidates for the electrophoretic preparation method

Biopolymer	Hydrogel formation	Cuboidal hydrogel formation	Electrophoretic hybrid formation
Agarose	○	○	○
Gelatin	○	○	○
Carrageenan	○	○	×
Xanthan gum	○	○	×
Alginate	○ (with divalent cations)	×	×
Pectin	○ (with divalent cations)	×	×
Hyaluronic acid	×	×	×