Tannic acid: A crosslinker leading to versatile functional polymeric networks: A review

C Chen, H Yang, X Yang, Q Ma - RSC advances, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
With the thriving of mussel-inspired polyphenol chemistry as well as the demand for low-cost
analogues to polydopamine in adhesive design, tannic acid has gradually become a …

Progress in hydrogels for skin wound repair

L Qi, C Zhang, B Wang, J Yin… - Macromolecular …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
As the first defensive line between the human body and the outside world, the skin is
vulnerable to damage from the external environment. Skin wounds can be divided into acute …

Poly (vinyl alcohol)–tannic acid hydrogels with excellent mechanical properties and shape memory behaviors

YN Chen, L Peng, T Liu, Y Wang, S Shi… - ACS applied materials …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Shape memory hydrogels have promising applications in a wide variety of fields. Here we
report the facile fabrication of a novel type of shape memory hydrogels physically cross …

Polyphenol-driving assembly for constructing chitin-polyphenol-metal hydrogel as wound dressing

X Lin, H Zhang, S Li, L Huang, R Zhang, L Zhang… - Carbohydrate …, 2022 - Elsevier
The metal-polyphenol networks have attracted appealing attention for diverse biomedical
applications due to their remarkable characteristics. Though various of metal-polyphenolic …

Advanced bottom‐up engineering of living architectures

VM Gaspar, P Lavrador, J Borges… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Bottom‐up tissue engineering is a promising approach for designing modular biomimetic
structures that aim to recapitulate the intricate hierarchy and biofunctionality of native human …

Plant‐inspired pyrogallol‐containing functional materials

M Shin, E Park, H Lee - Advanced functional materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Pyrogallol‐containing molecules are ubiquitous in the plant kingdom. The chemical
synthesis of these molecules remains challenging. Thus, they are obtained via purification …

Hydrogels in emerging technologies for type 1 diabetes

S Fuchs, AU Ernst, LH Wang, K Shariati… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Type 1 diabetes therapies that afford tighter glycemic control in a more manageable and
painless manner for patients has remained a central focus of next-generation diabetes …

Integrating antioxidant functionality into polymer materials: fundamentals, strategies, and applications

J Brito, H Hlushko, A Abbott, A Aliakseyeu… - … Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
While antioxidants are widely known as natural components of healthy food and drinks or as
additives to commercial polymer materials to prevent their degradation, recent years have …

A closer physico-chemical look to the Layer-by-Layer electrostatic self-assembly of polyelectrolyte multilayers

E Guzman, RG Rubio, F Ortega - Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 2020 - Elsevier
The fabrication of polyelectrolyte multilayer films (PEMs) using the Layer-by-Layer (LbL)
method is one of the most versatile approaches for manufacturing functional surfaces. This is …

Self-defensive layer-by-layer films with bacteria-triggered antibiotic release

I Zhuk, F Jariwala, AB Attygalle, Y Wu, MR Libera… - ACS …, 2014 - ACS Publications
We report on highly efficient, bioresponsive, controlled-release antibacterial coatings
constructed by direct assembly of tannic acid (TA) with one of several cationic antibiotics …