Fabrication and Applications of Nature-Inspired Surfaces with Selective Wettability

SY Akuoko, KS Kwon - Langmuir, 2024 - ACS Publications
Inspired by the Stenocora beetle, selective wettability surfaces incorporate alternating
wettable and nonwettable surface features that have received substantial attention over the …

Janus Gels for Biomedical Applications: Progress and Future Prospective

S Zhuo, Z Deng, Z Wu, Y Guo, Y Wu, X Zhao… - Progress in Polymer …, 2024 - Elsevier
The" Janus" feature/structure inspired by the ancient Roman double-sided protector is
prominent in the field of materials science due to its unique" asymmetric" concept and …

Micropatternable janus paper as a wearable skin patch for sweat collection and analysis

Y Gao, S Choi - Advanced Materials Technologies, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Single‐use paper‐based wearable devices are receiving increasing attention as a novel
platform for disposable, inexpensive, noninvasive, and real‐time sweat monitoring. The …

Multifunctional dressings for wound exudate management

F Feng, Z Zhao, J Li, Y Huang, W Chen - Progress in Materials Science, 2024 - Elsevier
Wound exudates, the effusion of tissue fluid after injury, can act as a bridge for biochemical
substance transfer and provide an environment for wound healing. However, excessive …

Using polycaprolactone and sodium alginate to prepare self-pumping/super-absorbent/transportable drug dressings for stage 3–4 pressure ulcer treatment

D Dong, Z Cheng, J Zhang, Z Gu, Z Han, W Hou… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Pressure ulcer dressings with different functions can enhance wound healing ability to
varying degrees; however, pressure ulcer dressings that integrate various functions and …

Ultrafast laser-ablated bioinspired hydrogel-based porous gating system for sustained drug release

J Zhang, B Liu, C Chen, S Jiang, Y Zhang… - … Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Gating systems have been extensively researched in energy harvesting, lab-on-chip
applications, and so forth. However, the controlled drug delivery system with artificial …

Recent advancements in wound management: Tailoring superwettable bio-interfaces

D Zhong, H Zhang, Z Ma, Q Xin, Y Lu, P Shi… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Skin tissue suffering from severe damages fail in self-regeneration. Proper wound dressings
are highly demanded to protect the wound region and accelerate the healing process …

Small functional hydrogels with big engineering applications

Y Liu, Z Guo - Materials Today Physics, 2024 - Elsevier
Hydrogels are crosslinked water-retaining network formed by hydrophilic natural or synthetic
polymers. Traditional hydrogels usually are limited by the swelling performance and poor …

Janus hydrogels: merging boundaries in tissue engineering for enhanced biomaterials and regenerative therapies

Y Jiang, C Zhu, X Ma, D Fan - Biomaterials Science, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
In recent years, the design and synthesis of Janus hydrogels have witnessed a thriving
development, overcoming the limitations of single-performance materials and expanding …

Janus Structure Hydrogels: Recent Advances in Synthetic Strategies, Biomedical Microstructure and (Bio) Applications.

T Zhu, L Wan, R Li, M Zhang, Y Liu, D Cai, H Lu - Biomaterials Science, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Janus structure hydrogels (JSHs) as a novel type of material, its primary fabrication and
various application have been widely reported. JSHs are primarily composed of Janus …