[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 …

Stimuli‐responsive nanocomposite hydrogels for biomedical applications

P Lavrador, MR Esteves, VM Gaspar… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The complex tissue‐specific physiology that is orchestrated from the nano‐to the
macroscale, in conjugation with the dynamic biophysical/biochemical stimuli underlying …

[HTML][HTML] Conductive polymers: Towards a smart biomaterial for tissue engineering

R Balint, NJ Cassidy, SH Cartmell - Acta biomaterialia, 2014 - Elsevier
Developing stimulus-responsive biomaterials with easy-to-tailor properties is a highly
desired goal of the tissue engineering community. A novel type of electroactive biomaterial …

Electroactive polymers for tissue regeneration: Developments and perspectives

C Ning, Z Zhou, G Tan, Y Zhu, C Mao - Progress in polymer science, 2018 - Elsevier
Human body motion can generate a biological electric field and a current, creating a voltage
gradient of− 10 to− 90 mV across cell membranes. In turn, this gradient triggers cells to …

Conductive materials for healing wounds: their incorporation in electroactive wound dressings, characterization, and perspectives

C Korupalli, H Li, N Nguyen, FL Mi… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The use of conductive materials to promote the activity of electrically responsive cells is an
effective means of accelerating wound healing. This article focuses on recent advancements …

Biodegradable synthetic polymers: Preparation, functionalization and biomedical application

H Tian, Z Tang, X Zhuang, X Chen, X Jing - Progress in Polymer Science, 2012 - Elsevier
Biodegradable polymers have been widely used and have greatly promoted the
development of biomedical fields because of their biocompatibility and biodegradability. The …

Conductive and tough hydrogels based on biopolymer molecular templates for controlling in situ formation of polypyrrole nanorods

D Gan, L Han, M Wang, W Xing, T Xu… - … applied materials & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Conductive hydrogels (CHs) have gained significant attention for their wide applications in
biomedical engineering owing to their structural similarity to soft tissues. However, designing …

Biopolymer composites with high dielectric performance: interface engineering

K Deshmukh, MB Ahamed, RR Deshmukh… - Biopolymer composites …, 2017 - Elsevier
In recent years, there is a growing interest in studying the dielectric behavior of biopolymer
composites due to their potential application as a dielectric material in various electronic …

Application of conductive polymers, scaffolds and electrical stimulation for nerve tissue engineering

L Ghasemi‐Mobarakeh… - Journal of tissue …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Among the numerous attempts to integrate tissue engineering concepts into strategies to
repair nearly all parts of the body, neuronal repair stands out. This is partially due to the …

Conducting polymers in biomedical engineering

NK Guimard, N Gomez, CE Schmidt - Progress in polymer science, 2007 - Elsevier
Conducting polymers (CPs) were first produced in the mid-1970s as a novel generation of
organic materials that have both electrical and optical properties similar to those of metals …