Hydrogel interfaces for merging humans and machines

H Yuk, J Wu, X Zhao - Nature Reviews Materials, 2022 - nature.com
The last few decades have witnessed unprecedented convergence between humans and
machines that closely operate around the human body. Despite these advances, traditional …

Conductive hydrogel for flexible bioelectronic device: current progress and future perspective

Q He, Y Cheng, Y Deng, F Wen… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Conductive hydrogels (CHs) for flexible bioelectronic devices have raised great attention
due to their tunable mechanical performances, adhesion, anti‐swelling, and …

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 …

Engineered living materials for sustainability

B An, Y Wang, Y Huang, X Wang, Y Liu, D Xun… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Recent advances in synthetic biology and materials science have given rise to a new form of
materials, namely engineered living materials (ELMs), which are composed of living matter …

Magnetic soft materials and robots

Y Kim, X Zhao - Chemical reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
In conventional classification, soft robots feature mechanical compliance as the main
distinguishing factor from traditional robots made of rigid materials. Recent advances in …

[HTML][HTML] 3D printing of magneto-active smart materials for advanced actuators and soft robotics applications

MY Khalid, ZU Arif, A Tariq, M Hossain, KA Khan… - European Polymer …, 2024 - Elsevier
In the contemporary era, novel manufacturing technologies like additive manufacturing (AM)
have revolutionized the different engineering sectors including biomedical, aerospace …

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 …

Engineered living hydrogels

X Liu, ME Inda, Y Lai, TK Lu, X Zhao - Advanced Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Living biological systems, ranging from single cells to whole organisms, can sense, process
information, and actuate in response to changing environmental conditions. Inspired by …

3D printed magnetic polymer composite hydrogels for hyperthermia and magnetic field driven structural manipulation

S Ganguly, S Margel - Progress in Polymer Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Magnetic hydrogels and soft composites have fueled the development of next generation
biomimetic soft robotics due to their precise control and non-cytotoxic nature. Bare magnetic …

Multimodal interactions of drugs, natural compounds and pollutants with the gut microbiota

AE Lindell, M Zimmermann-Kogadeeva… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
The gut microbiota contributes to diverse aspects of host physiology, ranging from
immunomodulation to drug metabolism. Changes in the gut microbiota composition are …