Stiff and tough hydrogels prepared through integration of ionic cross-linking and enzymatic mineralization

J Guo, X Shu, H Deng, J Zhang, Y Wang, G Meng, J He… - Acta Biomaterialia, 2022 - Elsevier
Enzymatic mineralization has become an effective approach to enhancing the stiffness of
hydrogels for bone tissue engineering, but generally with limited toughness. On the other …

Enzyme-Mineralized PVASA hydrogels with combined toughness and strength for bone tissue engineering

G Zhang, X Wang, G Meng, T Xu, J Shu… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Enzymatic mineralization is an advanced mineralization method that is often used to
enhance the stiffness and strength of hydrogels, but often accompanied by brittle behavior …

Hybrid hydrogels with high strength and biocompatibility for bone regeneration

Y Zheng, K Huang, X You, B Huang, J Wu… - International journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
The development of hydrogels for bone regeneration has highlighted the challenge that load-
bearing hydrogels need to be biocompatible while achieving high strength. Several …

Injectable hydrogels based on gellan gum promotes in situ mineralization and potential osteogenesis

A Li, H Xu, P Yu, J Xing, C Ding, X Yan, J Xie… - European Polymer …, 2020 - Elsevier
Bone defects are usually caused by trauma, infection, tumor resection or congenital
diseases, and they attract many researchers' attention to fabricate biomaterials to promote …

Freezing, Salting‐Out and Mineralization—A Simple, Universal and Modular Strategy for Constructing Mineralized Hydrogels

L Xu, H Kang, W Wei, T Goto, X Wu… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Mineralized hydrogels have attracted significant attention in the field of bone repair. Herein,
an innovative strategy of “freezing, salting‐out and mineralizing”(FSM) is proposed for the …

[HTML][HTML] Enzymatically-mineralized double-network hydrogels with ultrahigh mechanical strength, toughness, and stiffness

L Wang, W Zhao, Y Zhao, W Li, G Wang, Q Zhang - Theranostics, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Methods: In this study, we synthesized an organic-inorganic hybrid hydrogel with ultrahigh
strength, stiffness, and toughness via enzyme-induced mineralization of calcium phosphate …

Robust hydrogel–bioceramics composite and its osteoconductive properties

T Nonoyama - Polymer Journal, 2020 - nature.com
Due to the soft and wet characteristics of hydrogels that acquire high mechanical strength by
toughening strategies, tough and robust hydrogels are attractive as next-generation …

Facile fabrication of nonswellable and biocompatible hydrogels with cartilage-comparable performances

C Luo, A Guo, Y Zhao, J Sun, Z Li - Materials Today Communications, 2021 - Elsevier
The preparation of high-performance hydrogels from biocompatible materials via a facile
process has been increasingly studied but remains challenging. Herein, a nonswellable and …

A new composite hydrogel combining the biological properties of collagen with the mechanical properties of a supramolecular scaffold for bone tissue engineering

M Maisani, S Ziane, C Ehret, L Levesque… - Journal of tissue …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Tissue engineering is a promising alternative to autografts, allografts, or biomaterials to
address the treatment of severe and large bone lesions. Classically, tissue engineering …

Mechanically improved porous hydrogels with polysaccharides via polyelectrolyte complexation for bone tissue engineering

M Suneetha, KM Rao, SS Han - International journal of biological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Bone tissue engineering aims to design mechanically improved macroporous hydrogels
with fibrous topologies using polysaccharides that can provide an appropriate …