Light is an attractive tool that has a profound impact on modern medicine. Particularly, light-
based photothermal therapy (PTT) and photodynamic therapy (PDT) show great application …

Owing to their unique chemical and physical properties, hydrogels are attracting increasing
attention in both basic and translational biomedical studies. Although the classical hydrogels …

Polydopamine (PDA) nanoparticles have emerged as an attractive biomimetic photothermal
agent in photothermal antibacterial therapy due to their ease of synthesis, good …

Thanks to rapid development of nanotechnology, studies have discovered an emerging
polymer nanomaterial—polydopamine (PDA) inspired by natural mussels. PDA possesses …

Wound healing is a complex biological process that involves tissue regeneration. Traditional
wound dressings are dry, cannot provide a moist environment for wound healing, and do not …

Bacterial infection can cause chronic nonhealing wounds, which may be a great threat to
public health. It is highly desirable to develop an injectable wound dressing hydrogel with …

In this study, a composite hydrogel (QMPD hydrogel) composed of methacrylate anhydride
(MA) grafted quaternary ammonium chitosan (QCS-MA), polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP), and …

Diabetic chronic wound healing still faces huge clinical challenge. The arrangement and
coordination of healing processes are disordered in diabetic wound caused by the …

Polysaccharides are a kind of natural biopolymers and have been widely applied in various
fields, especially biomedical applications, due to their fascinating properties, such as …

Around the globe, surges of bacterial diseases are causing serious health threats and
related concerns. Recently, the metal ion release and photodynamic and photothermal …