[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 …

Smart micro/nanoparticles in stimulus-responsive drug/gene delivery systems

M Karimi, A Ghasemi, PS Zangabad… - Chemical Society …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
New achievements in the realm of nanoscience and innovative techniques of nanomedicine
have moved micro/nanoparticles (MNPs) to the point of becoming actually useful for …

Hydrogels for biomedical applications: their characteristics and the mechanisms behind them

Q Chai, Y Jiao, X Yu - Gels, 2017 - mdpi.com
Hydrogels are hydrophilic, three-dimensional networks that are able to absorb large
quantities of water or biological fluids, and thus have the potential to be used as prime …

Nanoparticle–hydrogel composites: Concept, design, and applications of these promising, multi‐functional materials

P Thoniyot, MJ Tan, AA Karim, DJ Young… - Advanced …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
New technologies rely on the development of new materials, and these may simply be the
innovative combination of known components. The structural combination of a polymer …

[HTML][HTML] Synthesis, properties, and applications of graphene oxide/reduced graphene oxide and their nanocomposites

AT Smith, AM LaChance, S Zeng, B Liu, L Sun - Nano Materials Science, 2019 - Elsevier
Thanks to their remarkable mechanical, electrical, thermal, and barrier properties, graphene-
based nanocomposites have been a hot area of research in the past decade. Because of …

Porous graphene materials for advanced electrochemical energy storage and conversion devices

S Han, D Wu, S Li, F Zhang, X Feng - Advanced materials, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Combining the advantages from both porous materials and graphene, porous graphene
materials have attracted vast interests due to their large surface areas, unique porous …

Emerging role of hydrogels in drug delivery systems, tissue engineering and wound management

S Jacob, AB Nair, J Shah, N Sreeharsha, S Gupta… - Pharmaceutics, 2021 - mdpi.com
The popularity of hydrogels as biomaterials lies in their tunable physical properties, ability to
encapsulate small molecules and macromolecular drugs, water holding capacity, flexibility …

Polymer mechanochromism from force-tuned excited-state intramolecular proton transfer

H Hu, X Cheng, Z Ma, RP Sijbesma… - Journal of the American …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Real-time monitoring of strain/stress in polymers is a big challenge to date. Herein, we for
the first time report an ESIPT (excited-state intramolecular proton transfer)-based …

Recent advances in the synthesis of smart hydrogels

P Sikdar, MM Uddin, TM Dip, S Islam, MS Hoque… - Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Understanding the surrounding atmosphere and reacting accordingly with a precise action
are always fascinating features of a material. Materials that pose such responsiveness are …

Light-controlled graphene-elastin composite hydrogel actuators

E Wang, MS Desai, SW Lee - Nano letters, 2013 - ACS Publications
Hydrogels actuators (HAs) that can reversibly respond to stimuli have applications in diverse
fields. However, faster response rates and improved control over actuation timing and …