Hydrogel interfaces for merging humans and machines

H Yuk, J Wu, X Zhao - Nature Reviews Materials, 2022 - nature.com
The last few decades have witnessed unprecedented convergence between humans and
machines that closely operate around the human body. Despite these advances, traditional …

Soft materials by design: unconventional polymer networks give extreme properties

X Zhao, X Chen, H Yuk, S Lin, X Liu… - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Hydrogels are polymer networks infiltrated with water. Many biological hydrogels in animal
bodies such as muscles, heart valves, cartilages, and tendons possess extreme mechanical …

[HTML][HTML] Smart/stimuli-responsive hydrogels: Cutting-edge platforms for tissue engineering and other biomedical applications

HM El-Husseiny, EA Mady, L Hamabe, A Abugomaa… - Materials Today Bio, 2022 - Elsevier
Recently, biomedicine and tissue regeneration have emerged as great advances that
impacted the spectrum of healthcare. This left the door open for further improvement of their …

Recent insights into polysaccharide-based hydrogels and their potential applications in food sector: A review

A Manzoor, AH Dar, VK Pandey, R Shams… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Hydrogels are ideal for various food applications because of their softness, elasticity,
absorbent nature, flexibility, and hygroscopic nature. Polysaccharide hydrogels are …

Customizing nano-chitosan for sustainable drug delivery

M Saeedi, O Vahidi, MR Moghbeli, S Ahmadi… - Journal of Controlled …, 2022 - Elsevier
Chitosan is a natural polymer with acceptable biocompatibility, biodegradability, and
mechanical stability; hence, it has been widely appraised for drug and gene delivery …

Chitosan based bioadhesives for biomedical applications: A review

H Hamedi, S Moradi, SM Hudson, AE Tonelli… - Carbohydrate …, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to the promising properties of chitosan for biomedical engineering applications like
biodegradability, biocompatibility, and non-toxicity, it is one of the most interesting …

Advanced hydrogels as wound dressings

S Tavakoli, AS Klar - Biomolecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Skin is the largest organ of the human body, protecting it against the external environment.
Despite high self-regeneration potential, severe skin defects will not heal spontaneously and …

Recent developments in chitosan hydrogels carrying natural bioactive compounds

NHN Do, QT Truong, PK Le, AC Ha - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2022 - Elsevier
Chitosan hydrogel is a smart and highly applicable drug delivery carrier because of its
nature, biocompatibility, biodegradability, and ability to encapsulate, carry and release the …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advancements in applications of chitosan-based biomaterials for skin tissue engineering

A Madni, R Kousar, N Naeem, F Wahid - Journal of Bioresources and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The use of polymer based composites in the treatment of skin tissue damages, has got huge
attention in clinical demand, which enforced the scientists to improve the methods of …

High-strength hydrogels: Fabrication, reinforcement mechanisms, and applications

H Huang, Z Dong, X Ren, B Jia, G Li, S Zhou, X Zhao… - Nano Research, 2023 - Springer
With the continuous appearance and expansion of high-strength hydrogels in emerging
fields such as industry, medicine, and green development, the synthesis and application of …