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 …

Microfluidics: Fluid physics at the nanoliter scale

TM Squires, SR Quake - Reviews of modern physics, 2005 - APS
Microfabricated integrated circuits revolutionized computation by vastly reducing the space,
labor, and time required for calculations. Microfluidic systems hold similar promise for the …

Somatosensory actuator based on stretchable conductive photothermally responsive hydrogel

Y Zhao, CY Lo, L Ruan, CH Pi, C Kim, Y Alsaid… - Science Robotics, 2021 - science.org
Mimicking biological neuromuscular systems' sensory motion requires the unification of
sensing and actuation in a singular artificial muscle material, which must not only actuate but …

Hydrogels as intelligent materials: A brief review of synthesis, properties and applications

M Mahinroosta, ZJ Farsangi, A Allahverdi… - Materials today …, 2018 - Elsevier
Hydrogels are a unique class of three dimensional cross-linked polymeric networks that can
hold a large fraction of aqueous solvents and biological fluids within their structures …

Hydrogels in controlled release formulations: network design and mathematical modeling

CC Lin, AT Metters - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2006 - Elsevier
Over the past few decades, advances in hydrogel technologies have spurred development
in many biomedical applications including controlled drug delivery. Many novel hydrogel …

Molecular imprinting on inorganic nanozymes for hundred-fold enzyme specificity

Z Zhang, X Zhang, B Liu, J Liu - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Enzyme-mimicking nanomaterials (nanozymes) are more cost-effective and robust than
protein enzymes, but they lack specificity. Herein, molecularly imprinted polymers were …

pH‐sensitive polymers: Classification and some fine potential applications

F Ofridam, M Tarhini, N Lebaz… - Polymers for …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Stimuli‐responsive materials in general and pH‐responsive polymers in particular have
gained increasing interest during the last two decades. Their unique properties, which arise …

Highly stretchable self-sensing actuator based on conductive photothermally-responsive hydrogel

CY Lo, Y Zhao, C Kim, Y Alsaid, R Khodambashi… - Materials Today, 2021 - Elsevier
Soft robots built with active soft materials have been increasingly attractive. Despite
tremendous efforts in soft sensors and actuators, it remains extremely challenging to …

[PDF][PDF] Theoretical description of hydrogel swelling: a review

During the past decades, HYDROGELS have been introduced suitable as novel materials
for a variety of applications such as biomedical engineering, sanitary products, agriculture …

A review on the design and hydration properties of natural polymer-based hydrogels

AH Karoyo, LD Wilson - Materials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Hydrogels are hydrophilic 3D networks that are able to ingest large amounts of water or
biological fluids, and are potential candidates for biosensors, drug delivery vectors, energy …