Functional hydrogels for diabetic wound management

D Gao, Y Zhang, DT Bowers, W Liu, M Ma - APL bioengineering, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Diabetic wounds often have a slow healing process and become easily infected owing to
hyperglycemia in wound beds. Once planktonic bacterial cells develop into biofilms, the …

Recent developments in antimicrobial and antifouling coatings to reduce or prevent contamination and cross‐contamination of food contact surfaces by bacteria

W DeFlorio, S Liu, AR White, TM Taylor… - … Reviews in Food …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Illness as the result of ingesting bacterially contaminated foodstuffs represents a significant
annual loss of human quality of life and economic impact globally. Significant research …

Recent advance in tailoring the structure and functions of self-assembled peptide nanomaterials for biomedical applications

D Zhu, H Kong, Z Sun, Y Xu, P Han, Y ** patch for transdermal delivery of liquid formulations
WG Bae, H Ko, JY So, H Yi, CH Lee, DH Lee… - Science Translational …, 2019 - science.org
A flexible microneedle patch that can transdermally deliver liquid-phase therapeutics would
enable direct use of existing, approved drugs and vaccines, which are mostly in liquid form …

Dual-functional antimicrobial coating based on a quaternary ammonium salt from rosin acid with in vitro and in vivo antimicrobial and antifouling properties

Z Li, X Yang, H Liu, X Yang, Y Shan, X Xu… - Chemical Engineering …, 2019 - Elsevier
Bacterial colonization and biofilm formation on indwelling medical devices potentially cause
serious and life-threatening infections. Technologies to prevent bacterial colonization and …

Fabrication of nanostructured polycaprolactone (PCL) film using a thermal imprinting technique and assessment of antibacterial function for its application

HK Kim, SJ Jang, YS Cho, HH Park - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
In the use of the medical devices, it is essential to prevent the attachment of bacteria to the
device surface or to kill the attached bacteria. To kill bacteria, many researchers have used …

Recent advancement of functional hydrogels toward diabetic wound management

K Ghosal, D Chakraborty, V Roychowdhury… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Wound healing is a dynamic, orchestrated process comprising partially overlap** phases
of hemostasis, inflammation, proliferation, and remodeling. This programmed process …

Bifunctional amphiphilic nanospikes with antifogging and antibiofouling properties

SH Lee, M Kang, H Jang, S Kondaveeti… - … Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Over the past few decades, extensive research efforts have been devoted to develo**
surfaces with unique functionalities, such as controlled wettability, antibiofouling …

Multifunctional coatings for mitigating bacterial fouling and contamination

M Mu, X Wang, M Taylor, A Castillo… - Colloid and Interface …, 2023 - Elsevier
Bacterial fouling is a multiscale, multistage process responsible for surface contamination
and bacterial-related infections and illnesses. The formation of biofilms leading to infections …

Hydrogel nanospike patch as a flexible anti-pathogenic scaffold for regulating stem cell behavior

S Park, HH Park, K Sun, Y Gwon, M Seong, S Kim… - ACS …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Vertically aligned nanomaterials, such as nanowires and nanoneedles, hold strong potential
as efficient platforms onto which living cells or tissues can be interfaced for use in advanced …