Naturally sourced hydrogels: emerging fundamental materials for next-generation healthcare sensing

Z Wang, H Wei, Y Huang, Y Wei, J Chen - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The flourishing development of flexible healthcare sensing systems is inseparable from the
fundamental materials with application-oriented mechanical and electrical properties …

Soft materials by design: unconventional polymer networks give extreme properties

X Zhao, X Chen, H Yuk, S Lin, X Liu… - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Hydrogels are polymer networks infiltrated with water. Many biological hydrogels in animal
bodies such as muscles, heart valves, cartilages, and tendons possess extreme mechanical …

[HTML][HTML] 3D printing of hydrogels: Rational design strategies and emerging biomedical applications

J Li, C Wu, PK Chu, M Gelinsky - Materials Science and Engineering: R …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract 3D printing alias additive manufacturing can transform 3D virtual models created by
computer-aided design (CAD) into physical 3D objects in a layer-by-layer manner …

Natural hydrogel-based bio-inks for 3D bioprinting in tissue engineering: a review

A Fatimi, OV Okoro, D Podstawczyk, J Siminska-Stanny… - Gels, 2022 - mdpi.com
Three-dimensional (3D) printing is well acknowledged to constitute an important technology
in tissue engineering, largely due to the increasing global demand for organ replacement …

Hydrogel scaffolds for tissue engineering: the importance of polymer choice

CD Spicer - Polymer Chemistry, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Hydrogel scaffolds that can repair or regrow damaged biological tissue have great potential
for the treatment of injury and disease. These biomaterials are widely used in the tissue …

Chitosan hydrogels for sustained drug delivery

S Peers, A Montembault, C Ladavière - Journal of Controlled Release, 2020 - Elsevier
Sustainable and controlled delivery of drugs is at the centre of a huge amount of undertaken
researches. The ability of hydrogels, high water content materials, to achieve a local and …

Cellulose-based hydrogel materials: Chemistry, properties and their prospective applications

SMF Kabir, PP Sikdar, B Haque, MAR Bhuiyan… - Progress in …, 2018 - Springer
Hydrogels based on cellulose comprising many organic biopolymers including cellulose,
chitin, and chitosan are the hydrophilic material, which can absorb and retain a huge …

Chitosan as biomaterial in drug delivery and tissue engineering

SM Ahsan, M Thomas, KK Reddy… - International journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Chitin is one of the most abundant polysaccharide found on earth. The deacetylated form of
chitin viz. chitosan has been reported for its various important pharmacological properties …

Recent advances in thermo-sensitive hydrogels for drug delivery

Y Yu, Y Cheng, J Tong, L Zhang, Y Wei… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Hydrogels are cross-linked hydrophilic macromolecules that contain a certain amount of
water. Due to their biocompatible, highly tunable and hydrophilic nature, hydrogels have …

Stimuli-responsive dynamic hydrogels: design, properties and tissue engineering applications

S Amirthalingam, AK Rajendran, YG Moon… - Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The field of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine has been evolving at a rapid pace
with numerous novel and interesting biomaterials being reported. Hydrogels have come a …