Current hydrogel advances in physicochemical and biological response-driven biomedical application diversity

H Cao, L Duan, Y Zhang, J Cao, K Zhang - Signal transduction and …, 2021 - nature.com
Hydrogel is a type of versatile platform with various biomedical applications after rational
structure and functional design that leverages on material engineering to modulate its …

Structurally dynamic hydrogels for biomedical applications: pursuing a fine balance between macroscopic stability and microscopic dynamics

K Zhang, Q Feng, Z Fang, L Gu, L Bian - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Owing to their unique chemical and physical properties, hydrogels are attracting increasing
attention in both basic and translational biomedical studies. Although the classical hydrogels …

Multifunctional self-assembled peptide hydrogels for biomedical applications

M Sedighi, N Shrestha, Z Mahmoudi, Z Khademi… - Polymers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Self-assembly is a growth mechanism in nature to apply local interactions forming a
minimum energy structure. Currently, self-assembled materials are considered for …

Pathway-controlled aqueous supramolecular polymerization via solvent-dependent chain conformation effects

L Borsdorf, L Herkert, N Bäumer… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Solute–solvent interactions play a critical role in multiple fields, including biology, materials
science, and (physical) organic, polymer, and supramolecular chemistry. Within the growing …

Self‐assembled peptide‐based nanodrugs: molecular design, synthesis, functionalization, and targeted tumor bioimaging and biotherapy

X Luan, H Kong, P He, G Yang, D Zhu, L Guo, G Wei - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Functional nanomaterials as nanodrugs based on the self‐assembly of inorganics,
polymers, and biomolecules have showed wide applications in biomedicine and tissue …

Supramolecular gels–a panorama of low-molecular-weight gelators from ancient origins to next-generation technologies

DK Smith - Soft Matter, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Supramolecular gels, self-assembled from low-molecular-weight gelators (LMWGs), have a
long history and a bright future. This review provides an overview of these materials, from …

Hydrogel-based bioelectronics and their applications in health monitoring

J Hua, M Su, X Sun, J Li, Y Sun, H Qiu, Y Shi, L Pan - Biosensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
Flexible bioelectronics exhibit promising potential for health monitoring, owing to their soft
and stretchable nature. However, the simultaneous improvement of mechanical properties …

Single-walled carbon nanotubes as fluorescent probes for monitoring the self-assembly and morphology of peptide/polymer hybrid hydrogels

V Wulf, G Bisker - Nano Letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
Hydrogels formed via supramolecular self-assembly of fluorenylmethyloxycarbonyl (Fmoc)-
conjugated amino acids provide excellent scaffolds for 3D cell culture, tissue engineering …

Peptide-based supramolecular hydrogels and their biotherapeutic applications

C Wu, W Liao, Y Zhang, Y Yan - Biomaterials Science, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
In recent years, supramolecular hydrogels have made groundbreaking research progress in
biomedical fields such as drug delivery, biosensing, imaging analysis, and tissue …

[HTML][HTML] Functionalized hydrogels in ophthalmic applications: Ocular inflammation, corneal injuries, vitreous substitutes and intravitreal injection

Q Gong, Y Zhao, T Qian, H Wang, Z Li - Materials & Design, 2022 - Elsevier
With the prevalence of eye diseases, such as inflamed eyes, corneal injury, cataract,
glaucoma, and retinal degenerative diseases, different clinical strategies have been …