Supramolecular adhesive hydrogels for tissue engineering applications

Y Zhao, S Song, X Ren, J Zhang, Q Lin… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Tissue engineering is a promising and revolutionary strategy to treat patients who suffer the
loss or failure of an organ or tissue, with the aim to restore the dysfunctional tissues and …

Sustainable cellulose and its derivatives for promising biomedical applications

W Cheng, Y Zhu, G Jiang, K Cao, S Zeng… - Progress in Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Novel biomedical materials provide a new horizon for the diagnosis/treatment of diseases
and tissue repair. Cellulose, mainly found in trees and other biomass, is one of the most …

Making highly elastic and tough hydrogels from doughs

G Nian, J Kim, X Bao, Z Suo - Advanced Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
A hydrogel is often fabricated from preexisting polymer chains by covalently crosslinking
them into a polymer network. The crosslinks make the hydrogel swell‐resistant but brittle …

Solvent‐exchange‐assisted wet annealing: a new strategy for superstrong, tough, stretchable, and anti‐fatigue hydrogels

Y Wu, Y Zhang, H Wu, J Wen, S Zhang… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrogels are widely used in tissue engineering, soft robots, wearable electronics, etc.
However, it remains a great challenge to develop hydrogels possessing simultaneously high …

Hydrogel sensors for biomedical electronics

J Ma, J Zhong, F Sun, B Liu, Z Peng, J Lian… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
Hydrogels and their sensors are emerging as key players in biomedical electronics, offering
flexible, programmable structures and functions. Hydrogel-based sensors with stress–strain …

Tough, transparent, and slippery PVA hydrogel led by syneresis

D Liu, Y Cao, P Jiang, Y Wang, Y Lu, Z Ji, X Wang… - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Slippery and transparent polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) hydrogels with mechanical robustness
exhibit broad applications in artificial biological soft tissues, flexible wearable electronics …

Mechanically strong and multifunctional hybrid hydrogels with ultrahigh electrical conductivity

Q Zhou, J Lyu, G Wang, M Robertson… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Stretchable conductive hydrogels with simultaneous high mechanical strength/modulus, and
ultrahigh, stable electrical conductivity are ideal for applications in soft robots, artificial skin …

Advances in bioresorbable triboelectric nanogenerators

M Kang, DM Lee, I Hyun, N Rubab, SH Kim… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
With the growing demand for next-generation health care, the integration of electronic
components into implantable medical devices (IMDs) has become a vital factor in achieving …

Natural-wood-inspired ultrastrong anisotropic hybrid hydrogels targeting artificial tendons or ligaments

L Wu, Y Kang, X Shi, B Yuezhen, M Qu, J Li, ZS Wu - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
Hydrogels are able to mimic the flexibility of biological tissues or skin, but they still cannot
achieve satisfactory strength and toughness, greatly limiting their scope of application …

A multiscale biomimetic strategy to design strong, tough hydrogels by tuning the self-assembly behavior of cellulose

Y **e, S Gao, Z Ling, C Lai, Y Huang, J Wang… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Strong and tough hydrogels have gained popularity for various applications; however, their
fabrication remains challenging, particularly when incorporating functionalities. Here, we …