Bioinspired hydrogel actuator for soft robotics: Opportunity and challenges

Y Chen, Y Zhang, H Li, J Shen, F Zhang, J He, J Lin… - Nano Today, 2023 - Elsevier
Natural organisms offer abundant inspiration for designing and fabricating hydrogel robots
with autonomous and intelligent behaviors, including motion, perception, and response to …

Self-healable functional polymers and polymer-based composites

ZP Zhang, MZ Rong, MQ Zhang - Progress in Polymer Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Polymers and polymer composites with advanced functions have attracted great attention
following the development of modern science and technologies. Nevertheless, damages of …

Recent advances in stimuli‐responsive shape‐morphing hydrogels

X Liu, M Gao, J Chen, S Guo, W Zhu… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Inspired by shape‐morphing organisms in nature, researchers have developed various
hydrogels with stimuli‐responsive swelling, shrinking, bending, folding, origami, rolling …

Polymer-based responsive structural color materials

H Wang, H Zhang, Z Chen, Y Zhao, Z Gu… - Progress in Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Polymer-based responsive structural color materials are polymers with ordered
microstructures that can change colors. They offer unique advantages and present a novel …

[HTML][HTML] Biomedical applications of gelatin methacryloyl hydrogels

Y Piao, H You, T Xu, HP Bei, IZ Piwko, YY Kwan… - Engineered …, 2021 - Elsevier
Gelatin methacryloyl (GelMA) has attracted the widespread interest of researchers because
of its excellent biocompatibility, biodegradability, and moldability. Various structures have …

Functional conductive hydrogels for bioelectronics

F Fu, J Wang, H Zeng, J Yu - ACS Materials Letters, 2020 - ACS Publications
Conductive hydrogels are widely used in various applications, such as artificial skin, flexible
and implantable bioelectronics, and tissue engineering. However, it is still a challenge to …

Recent advancements and applications in 3D printing of functional optics

Y Zhu, T Tang, S Zhao, D Joralmon, Z Poit, B Ahire… - Additive …, 2022 - Elsevier
Various kinds of optical devices have been designed for unique functionality based on a
deeper understanding of optical principles. Recently, the research of functional optics has …

Self-healing polysaccharide-based injectable hydrogels with antibacterial activity for wound healing

BD Zheng, J Ye, YC Yang, YY Huang, MT **ao - Carbohydrate polymers, 2022 - Elsevier
Because the wound is difficult to heal, repeated bacterial infection will lead to complex
clinical problems. Therefore, it is necessary to find an effective method to strengthen the …

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) scavenging biomaterials for anti-inflammatory diseases: From mechanism to therapy

J Liu, X Han, T Zhang, K Tian, Z Li, F Luo - Journal of Hematology & …, 2023 - Springer
Inflammation is a fundamental defensive response to harmful stimuli, but the overactivation
of inflammatory responses is associated with most human diseases. Reactive oxygen …

Bioinspired conductive cellulose liquid-crystal hydrogels as multifunctional electrical skins

Z Zhang, Z Chen, Y Wang… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Bionic electronic skin (E-skin) that could convert external physical or mechanical stimuli into
output signals has a wide range of applications including wearable devices, artificial …