Structurally dynamic hydrogels for biomedical applications: pursuing a fine balance between macroscopic stability and microscopic dynamics

K Zhang, Q Feng, Z Fang, L Gu, L Bian - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Owing to their unique chemical and physical properties, hydrogels are attracting increasing
attention in both basic and translational biomedical studies. Although the classical hydrogels …

Poly (N-isopropylacrylamide)-based thermoresponsive composite hydrogels for biomedical applications

X Xu, Y Liu, W Fu, M Yao, Z Ding, J Xuan, D Li, S Wang… - Polymers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Poly (N-isopropylacrylamide)(PNIPAM)-based thermosensitive hydrogels demonstrate great
potential in biomedical applications. However, they have inherent drawbacks such as low …

Stimuli-responsive In situ gelling system for nose-to-brain drug delivery

M Agrawal, S Saraf, S Saraf, SK Dubey, A Puri… - Journal of Controlled …, 2020 - Elsevier
The diagnosis and treatment of neurological ailments always remain an utmost challenge for
research fraternity due to the presence of BBB. The intranasal route appeared as an …

Advances in injectable self-healing biomedical hydrogels

Y Tu, N Chen, C Li, H Liu, R Zhu, S Chen, Q **ao, J Liu… - Acta Biomaterialia, 2019 - Elsevier
In recent years, implantable biomaterials have attracted significant interest owing to their
potentials for use in the therapy of physical defects and traumas. Among the implantable …

LCST polymers: Thermoresponsive nanostructured assemblies towards bioapplications

G Pasparakis, C Tsitsilianis - Polymer, 2020 - Elsevier
Thermoresponsive polymers constitute an important class of materials for biomedical
application due to their thermally reversible coil-to-globule transition which can be exploited …

Polypeptide-based self-healing hydrogels: Design and biomedical applications

L Cai, S Liu, J Guo, YG Jia - Acta Biomaterialia, 2020 - Elsevier
Self-healing hydrogels can heal themselves on the damaged sites, which opens up a
fascinating way for enhancing lifetimes of materials. Polypeptide/poly (amino acid) is a class …

Mainstream ammonium recovery to advance sustainable urban wastewater management

H Cruz, YY Law, JS Guest, K Rabaey… - … science & technology, 2019 - ACS Publications
Throughout the 20th century, the prevailing approach toward nitrogen management in
municipal wastewater treatment was to remove ammonium by transforming it into dinitrogen …

Temperature-responsive supramolecular hydrogels

S **an, MJ Webber - Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Hydrogels comprise a class of soft materials which are extremely useful in a number of
contexts, for example as matrix-mimetic biomaterials for applications in regenerative …

Nose-to-brain delivery of therapeutic peptides as nasal aerosols

W Alabsi, BB Eedara, D Encinas-Basurto, R Polt… - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Central nervous system (CNS) disorders, such as psychiatric disorders, neurodegeneration,
chronic pain, stroke, brain tumor, spinal cord injury, and many other CNS diseases, would …

An injectable supramolecular nanofiber-reinforced chitosan hydrogel with antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties as potential carriers for drug delivery

H Yuan, W Li, C Song, R Huang - International Journal of Biological …, 2022 - Elsevier
The inherent weak mechanical strength of chitosan physical cross-linking hydrogels (CS
hydrogels) limits their applications in biomaterials. Hence, puerarin (PUE) as a self …