Hydrogels as functional components in artificial cell systems

ME Allen, JW Hindley, DK Baxani, O Ces… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Recent years have seen substantial efforts aimed at constructing artificial cells from various
molecular components with the aim of mimicking the processes, behaviours and …

[HTML][HTML] Design and application of stimuli-responsive DNA hydrogels: A review

Z Wang, R Chen, S Yang, S Li, Z Gao - Materials Today Bio, 2022 - Elsevier
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) hydrogels combine the properties of DNAs and hydrogels, and
adding functionalized DNAs is key to the wide application of DNA hydrogels. In stimuli …

Advances in the stimuli‐responsive injectable hydrogel for controlled release of drugs

C Mo, R Luo, Y Chen - Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The stimuli‐responsiveness of injectable hydrogel has been drastically developed for the
controlled release of drugs and has achieved encouraging curative effects in a variety of …

DNA droplets: intelligent, dynamic fluid

H Udono, J Gong, Y Sato, M Takinoue - Advanced Biology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Breathtaking advances in DNA nanotechnology have established DNA as a promising
biomaterial for the fabrication of programmable higher‐order nano/microstructures. In the …

Preparation of intelligent DNA hydrogel and its applications in biosensing

N Xu, N Ma, X Yang, G Ling, J Yu, P Zhang - European Polymer Journal, 2020 - Elsevier
Intelligent DNA hydrogel is a new kind of material and a hot field of interdisciplinary
research. DNA hydrogel has the dual advantages of DNA and hydrogel. It combines the …

Fibrous hydrogels by electrospinning: Novel platforms for biomedical applications

JW Lee, KH Song - Journal of tissue engineering, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Hydrogels, hydrophilic and biocompatible polymeric networks, have been used for
numerous biomedical applications because they have exhibited abilities to mimic features of …

Designer DNA biomolecules as a defined biomaterial for 3D bioprinting applications

H Budharaju, A Zennifer, S Sethuraman, A Paul… - Materials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
DNA has excellent features such as the presence of functional and targeted molecular
recognition motifs, tailorability, multifunctionality, high-precision molecular self-assembly …

Putting DNA to work as generic polymeric materials

D Wang, P Liu, D Luo - Angewandte Chemie, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
DNA is a true polymer that stores the genetic information of an organism. With its amazing
biological and polymeric characteristics, DNA has been regarded as a universal building …

Light-controlled growth of DNA organelles in synthetic cells

S Agarwal, M Dizani, D Osmanovic… - Interface …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Living cells regulate many of their vital functions through dynamic, membraneless
compartments that phase separate (condense) in response to different types of stimuli. In …

Photo‐Controllable Smart Hydrogels for Biomedical Application: A Review

Y Zhao, B Ran, D Lee, J Liao - Small Methods, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Nowadays, smart hydrogels are being widely studied by researchers because of their
advantages such as simple preparation, stable performance, response to external stimuli …