Supramolecular hydrogelators and hydrogels: from soft matter to molecular biomaterials

X Du, J Zhou, J Shi, B Xu - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
In this review we intend to provide a relatively comprehensive summary of the work of
supramolecular hydrogelators after 2004 and to put emphasis particularly on the …

Multi-stimuli-responsive polymer particles, films, and hydrogels for drug delivery

X Fu, L Hosta-Rigau, R Chandrawati, J Cui - Chem, 2018 - cell.com
Stimuli-responsive polymer materials are powerful tools in drug delivery and tissue
engineering. Because of the large variations in physiological conditions between normal …

Recent advances in various stimuli-responsive hydrogels: From synthetic designs to emerging healthcare applications

A Roy, K Manna, S Pal - Materials Chemistry Frontiers, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
With the development of broad interest in the synthesis of unique stimuli-responsive
materials and their various healthcare applications, stimuli-responsive hydrogels have …

Amino acids and peptide‐based supramolecular hydrogels for three‐dimensional cell culture

XQ Dou, CL Feng - Advanced Materials, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Supramolecular hydrogels assembled from amino acids and peptide‐derived hydrogelators
have shown great potential as biomimetic three‐dimensional (3D) extracellular matrices …

Supramolecular biofunctional materials

J Zhou, J Li, X Du, B Xu - Biomaterials, 2017 - Elsevier
This review discusses supramolecular biofunctional materials, a novel class of biomaterials
formed by small molecules that are held together via noncovalent interactions. The …

Stimuli‐responsive supramolecular hydrogels and their applications in regenerative medicine

J Hoque, N Sangaj, S Varghese - Macromolecular bioscience, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Supramolecular hydrogels are a class of self‐assembled network structures formed via non‐
covalent interactions of the hydrogelators. These hydrogels capable of responding to …

Controlling Supramolecular Chirality of Two-Component Hydrogels by J- and H-Aggregation of Building Blocks

G Liu, J Sheng, H Wu, C Yang, G Yang… - Journal of the …, 2018 - ACS Publications
While manipulating the helicity of nanostructures is a challenging task, it attracts great
research interest on account of its crucial role in better understanding the formation …

Multi‐stimuli‐responsive polymer materials: Particles, films, and bulk gels

ZQ Cao, GJ Wang - The Chemical Record, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Stimuli‐responsive polymers have received tremendous attention from scientists and
engineers for several decades due to the wide applications of these smart materials in …

Emerging functional biomaterials as medical patches

Y Wang, G Chen, H Zhang, C Zhao, L Sun, Y Zhao - Acs Nano, 2021 - ACS Publications
Medical patches have been widely explored and applied in various medical fields,
especially in wound healing, tissue engineering, and other biomedical areas. Benefiting …

Photoresponsive elastic properties of azobenzene-containing poly (ethylene-glycol)-based hydrogels

AM Rosales, KM Mabry, EM Nehls… - …, 2015 - ACS Publications
The elastic modulus of the extracellular matrix is a dynamic property that changes during
various biological processes, such as disease progression or wound healing. Most cell …