Hydrogels: properties and applications in biomedicine

TC Ho, CC Chang, HP Chan, TW Chung, CW Shu… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Hydrogels are crosslinked polymer chains with three-dimensional (3D) network structures,
which can absorb relatively large amounts of fluid. Because of the high water content, soft …

Functional hydrogels as wound dressing to enhance wound healing

Y Liang, J He, B Guo - ACS nano, 2021 - ACS Publications
Hydrogels, due to their excellent biochemical and mechnical property, have shown attractive
advantages in the field of wound dressings. However, a comprehensive review of the …

Harnessing the potential of hydrogels for advanced therapeutic applications: Current achievements and future directions

P Lu, D Ruan, M Huang, M Tian, K Zhu… - Signal transduction and …, 2024 - nature.com
The applications of hydrogels have expanded significantly due to their versatile, highly
tunable properties and breakthroughs in biomaterial technologies. In this review, we cover …

Bacterial cellulose: A smart biomaterial with diverse applications

DA Gregory, L Tripathi, ATR Fricker, E Asare… - Materials Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Natural biomaterials have benefited the human civilisation for millennia. However, in recent
years, designing of natural materials for a wide range of applications have become a focus …

Bacterial cellulose-based composite scaffolds for biomedical applications: a review

W Liu, H Du, M Zhang, K Liu, H Liu, H Xie… - ACS Sustainable …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Bacterial cellulose (BC), with non-toxicity, high purity, and biocompatibility, has been
considered as a versatile candidate for various biomedical applications. Recently, the …

Bacterial cellulose: Production, modification and perspectives in biomedical applications

S Gorgieva, J Trček - Nanomaterials, 2019 - mdpi.com
Bacterial cellulose (BC) is ultrafine, nanofibrillar material with an exclusive combination of
properties such as high crystallinity (84%–89%) and polymerization degree, high surface …

Bacterial biopolymers: from pathogenesis to advanced materials

MF Moradali, BHA Rehm - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2020 - nature.com
Bacteria are prime cell factories that can efficiently convert carbon and nitrogen sources into
a large diversity of intracellular and extracellular biopolymers, such as polysaccharides …

Bacterial cellulose: a versatile biopolymer for wound dressing applications

R Portela, CR Leal, PL Almeida… - Microbial …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Although several therapeutic approaches are available for wound and burn treatment and
much progress has been made in this area, room for improvement still exists, driven by the …

Versatile application of nanocellulose: From industry to skin tissue engineering and wound healing

L Bacakova, J Pajorova, M Bacakova, A Skogberg… - Nanomaterials, 2019 - mdpi.com
Nanocellulose is cellulose in the form of nanostructures, ie, features not exceeding 100 nm
at least in one dimension. These nanostructures include nanofibrils, found in bacterial …

Bacterial cellulose-based composites for biomedical and cosmetic applications: Research progress and existing products

B Mbituyimana, L Liu, W Ye, BOO Boni, K Zhang… - Carbohydrate …, 2021 - Elsevier
Bacterial cellulose (BC) is a promising unique material for various biomedical and cosmetic
applications due to its morphology, mechanical strength, high purity, high water uptake, non …