Polymeric tissue adhesives

S Nam, D Mooney - Chemical reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Polymeric tissue adhesives provide versatile materials for wound management and are
widely used in a variety of medical settings ranging from minor to life-threatening tissue …

Harnessing the potential of hydrogels for advanced therapeutic applications: Current achievements and future directions

P Lu, D Ruan, M Huang, M Tian, K Zhu… - Signal transduction and …, 2024 - nature.com
The applications of hydrogels have expanded significantly due to their versatile, highly
tunable properties and breakthroughs in biomaterial technologies. In this review, we cover …

3D printable high-performance conducting polymer hydrogel for all-hydrogel bioelectronic interfaces

T Zhou, H Yuk, F Hu, J Wu, F Tian, H Roh, Z Shen… - Nature Materials, 2023 - nature.com
Owing to the unique combination of electrical conductivity and tissue-like mechanical
properties, conducting polymer hydrogels have emerged as a promising candidate for …

Solution-processable, soft, self-adhesive, and conductive polymer composites for soft electronics

P Tan, H Wang, F **ao, X Lu, W Shang, X Deng… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Soft electronics are rising electronic technologies towards applications spanning from
healthcare monitoring to medical implants. However, poor adhesion strength and significant …

Ultrathin hydrogel films toward breathable skin‐integrated electronics

S Cheng, Z Lou, L Zhang, H Guo, Z Wang… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
On‐skin electronics that offer revolutionary capabilities in personalized diagnosis,
therapeutics, and human–machine interfaces require seamless integration between the skin …

Smart materials for microrobots

F Soto, E Karshalev, F Zhang… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Over the past 15 years, the field of microrobotics has exploded with many research groups
from around the globe contributing to numerous innovations that have led to exciting new …

Medical micro/nanorobots in precision medicine

F Soto, J Wang, R Ahmed, U Demirci - Advanced science, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Advances in medical robots promise to improve modern medicine and the quality of life.
Miniaturization of these robotic platforms has led to numerous applications that leverages …

Engineered hydrogels for mechanobiology

U Blache, EM Ford, B Ha, L Rijns… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Cells' local mechanical environment can be as important in guiding cellular responses as
many well-characterized biochemical cues. Hydrogels that mimic the native extracellular …

Carbohydrate-based macromolecular biomaterials

L Su, Y Feng, K Wei, X Xu, R Liu, G Chen - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Carbohydrates are the most abundant and one of the most important biomacromolecules in
Nature. Except for energy-related compounds, carbohydrates can be roughly divided into …

Collective durotaxis along a self-generated stiffness gradient in vivo

A Shellard, R Mayor - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Collective cell migration underlies morphogenesis, wound healing and cancer invasion,.
Most directed migration in vivo has been attributed to chemotaxis, whereby cells follow a …