Wound management materials and technologies from bench to bedside and beyond

C Wang, E Shirzaei Sani, CD Shih, CT Lim… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Chronic wounds represent a major global health problem, causing staggering economic and
social burdens. The pursuit of effective wound healing strategies demands a …

Smart wound dressings for wound healing

R Dong, B Guo - Nano Today, 2021 - Elsevier
Wound management is a big challenge worldwide, laying a huge financial burden on the
government of every nation. Wound dressings that can facilitate wound healing have been …

A review of current advancements for wound healing: Biomaterial applications and medical devices

X Deng, M Gould, MA Ali - Journal of Biomedical Materials …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Wound healing is a complex process that is critical in restoring the skin's barrier function.
This process can be interrupted by numerous diseases resulting in chronic wounds that …

Functionalized hydrogel-based wearable gas and humidity sensors

Y Luo, J Li, Q Ding, H Wang, C Liu, J Wu - Nano-Micro Letters, 2023 - Springer
Breathing is an inherent human activity; however, the composition of the air we inhale and
gas exhale remains unknown to us. To address this, wearable vapor sensors can help …

Supramolecular Photothermal Cascade Nano‐Reactor Enables Photothermal Effect, Cascade Reaction, and In Situ Hydrogelation for Biofilm‐Associated Tooth …

L Chen, M Peng, J Zhou, X Hu, Y Piao, H Li… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Due to the emergence of drug resistance in bacteria and biofilm protection, achieving a
satisfactory therapeutic effect for bacteria‐infected open wounds with conventional …

Hydrogel crosslinking modulates macrophages, fibroblasts, and their communication, during wound healing

S Butenko, RR Nagalla, CF Guerrero-Juarez… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Biomaterial wound dressings, such as hydrogels, interact with host cells to regulate tissue
repair. This study investigates how crosslinking of gelatin-based hydrogels influences …

The living interface between synthetic biology and biomaterial design

AP Liu, EA Appel, PD Ashby, BM Baker, E Franco… - Nature materials, 2022 - nature.com
Recent far-reaching advances in synthetic biology have yielded exciting tools for the
creation of new materials. Conversely, advances in the fundamental understanding of soft …

Engineered biomaterials for in situ tissue regeneration

AK Gaharwar, I Singh, A Khademhosseini - Nature Reviews Materials, 2020 - nature.com
In situ tissue regeneration harnesses the body's regenerative potential to control cell
functions for tissue repair. The design of biomaterials for in situ tissue engineering requires …

Bioinspired polyacrylic acid‐based dressing: wet adhesive, self‐healing, and multi‐biofunctional coacervate hydrogel accelerates wound healing

L Wang, L Duan, G Liu, J Sun, MA Shahbazi… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Polyacrylic acid (PAA) and its derivatives are commonly used as essential matrices in
wound dressings, but their weak wet adhesion restricts the clinical application. To address …

Hydrogel machines

X Liu, J Liu, S Lin, X Zhao - Materials Today, 2020 - Elsevier
As polymer networks infiltrated with water, hydrogels constitute the major components of the
human body; and hydrogels have been widely used in applications that closely interact with …