PVA-based hydrogels for tissue engineering: A review

A Kumar, SS Han - International journal of polymeric materials and …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Poly (vinyl alcohol)(PVA) is a hydrophilic polymer with excellent biocompatibility
and has been applied in various biomedical areas due to its favorable properties. PVA …

Cryogels: Morphological, structural and adsorption characterisation

VM Gun'ko, IN Savina, SV Mikhalovsky - Advances in colloid and interface …, 2013 - Elsevier
Experimental results on polymer, protein, and composite cryogels and data treatment
methods used for morphological, textural, structural, adsorption and diffusion …

Strong tough thermogalvanic hydrogel thermocell with extraordinarily high thermoelectric performance

L Liu, D Zhang, P Bai, Y Mao, Q Li, J Guo… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Thermocells can continuously convert heat into electricity, and they are widely used to
power wearable electronic devices. However, they have a risk of leakage and poor …

Fatigue of hydrogels

R Bai, J Yang, Z Suo - European Journal of Mechanics-A/Solids, 2019 - Elsevier
Hydrogels have been developed since the 1960s for applications in personal care,
medicine, and engineering. Evidence has accumulated that hydrogels under prolonged …

Tough‐hydrogel reinforced low‐tortuosity conductive networks for stretchable and high‐performance supercapacitors

M Hua, S Wu, Y Jin, Y Zhao, B Yao, X He - Advanced Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
All‐solid‐state supercapacitors are seeing emerging applications in flexible and stretchable
electronics. Supercapacitors with high capacitance, high power density, simple form factor …

Skin-inspired gels with toughness, antifreezing, conductivity, and remoldability

H Chen, X Ren, G Gao - ACS applied materials & interfaces, 2019 - ACS Publications
In recent years, nature-inspired conductive hydrogels have become ideal materials for the
design of bioactuators, healthcare monitoring sensors, and flexible wearable devices …

A solvent co-cross-linked organogel with fast self-healing capability and reversible adhesiveness at extreme temperatures

X Su, H Wang, Z Tian, X Duan, Z Chai… - … applied materials & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Antifreezing gels are promising in diverse engineering applications such as structural soft
matters, sensors, and wearable devices. However, the capability of fast self-healing and …

Recyclable, anti-freezing and anti-drying silk fibroin-based hydrogels for ultrasensitive strain sensors and all-hydrogel-state super-capacitors

XY Tao, KH Zhu, HM Chen, SF Ye, PX Cui… - Materials Today …, 2023 - Elsevier
Multifunctional conductive hydrogels have triggered extensive research interest owing to
their potential in artificial intelligence, human motion detection, soft electronic skins, and …

Engineering cellular microenvironments with photo-and enzymatically responsive hydrogels: toward biomimetic 3D cell culture models

RY Tam, LJ Smith, MS Shoichet - Accounts of chemical research, 2017 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Conventional cell culture techniques using 2D polystyrene or glass have
provided great insight into key biochemical mechanisms responsible for cellular events such …

A self-healable polyvinyl alcohol-based hydrogel electrolyte for smart electrochemical capacitors

Z Wang, F Tao, Q Pan - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
This study reports a self-healable hydrogel electrolyte based on dynamic diol–borate ester
bonding for smart electrochemical capacitors (ECs). The electrolyte is prepared via …