Naturally sourced hydrogels: emerging fundamental materials for next-generation healthcare sensing

Z Wang, H Wei, Y Huang, Y Wei, J Chen - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The flourishing development of flexible healthcare sensing systems is inseparable from the
fundamental materials with application-oriented mechanical and electrical properties …

Soft materials by design: unconventional polymer networks give extreme properties

X Zhao, X Chen, H Yuk, S Lin, X Liu… - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Hydrogels are polymer networks infiltrated with water. Many biological hydrogels in animal
bodies such as muscles, heart valves, cartilages, and tendons possess extreme mechanical …

Scaffold fabrication technologies and structure/function properties in bone tissue engineering

MN Collins, G Ren, K Young, S Pina… - Advanced functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Bone tissue engineering (BTE) is a rapidly growing field aiming to create a biofunctional
tissue that can integrate and degrade in vivo to treat diseased or damaged tissue. It has …

[HTML][HTML] Bone physiological microenvironment and healing mechanism: Basis for future bone-tissue engineering scaffolds

G Zhu, T Zhang, M Chen, K Yao, X Huang, B Zhang… - Bioactive materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Bone-tissue defects affect millions of people worldwide. Despite being common treatment
approaches, autologous and allogeneic bone grafting have not achieved the ideal …

The role of natural polymers in bone tissue engineering

L Guo, Z Liang, L Yang, W Du, T Yu, H Tang… - Journal of Controlled …, 2021 - Elsevier
Bone is a dynamic self-healing organ and a continuous remodeling ensures the restoration
of the bone structure and function over time. However, bone remodeling is not able to repair …

State-of-the-art advances in nanocomposite and bio-nanocomposite polymeric materials: A comprehensive review

AH Anwer, A Ahtesham, M Shoeb, F Mashkoor… - Advances in Colloid and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The modern eco-friendly materials used in research and innovation today consist of
nanocomposites and bio-nanocomposite polymers. Their unique composite properties make …

High-strength hydrogels: Fabrication, reinforcement mechanisms, and applications

H Huang, Z Dong, X Ren, B Jia, G Li, S Zhou, X Zhao… - Nano Research, 2023 - Springer
With the continuous appearance and expansion of high-strength hydrogels in emerging
fields such as industry, medicine, and green development, the synthesis and application of …

Natural piezoelectric biomaterials: a biocompatible and sustainable building block for biomedical devices

R Wang, J Sui, X Wang - ACS nano, 2022 - ACS Publications
The piezoelectric effect has been widely observed in biological systems, and its applications
in biomedical field are emerging. Recent advances of wearable and implantable biomedical …

Collagen-and hyaluronic acid-based hydrogels and their biomedical applications

Q Xu, JE Torres, M Hakim, PM Babiak, P Pal… - Materials Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Hydrogels have been widely investigated in biomedical fields due to their similar physical
and biochemical properties to the extracellular matrix (ECM). Collagen and hyaluronic acid …

Collagen‐based biomaterials for biomedical applications

E Rezvani Ghomi, N Nourbakhsh… - … research Part B …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Collagen is an insoluble fibrous protein that composes the extracellular matrix in animals.
Although collagen has been used as a biomaterial since 1881, the properties and the …