New developments in medical applications of hybrid hydrogels containing natural polymers

C Vasile, D Pamfil, E Stoleru, M Baican - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
New trends in biomedical applications of the hybrid polymeric hydrogels, obtained by
combining natural polymers with synthetic ones, have been reviewed …

Stimulus-responsive hydrogels: Theory, modern advances, and applications

MC Koetting, JT Peters, SD Steichen… - Materials Science and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Over the past century, hydrogels have emerged as effective materials for an immense variety
of applications. The unique network structure of hydrogels enables very high levels of …

Hydrogel: Diversity of structures and applications in food science

J Li, X Jia, L Yin - Food Reviews International, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Hydrogels are a series of soft and wet materials with three dimensions of crosslinked
networks. Hydrogels have attracted great attention due to their diverse functional properties …

Supramolecular polymeric hydrogels

EA Appel, J del Barrio, XJ Loh… - Chemical Society …, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
The supramolecular crosslinking of polymer chains in water by specific, directional and
dynamic non-covalent interactions has led to the development of novel supramolecular …

Design properties of hydrogel tissue-engineering scaffolds

J Zhu, RE Marchant - Expert review of medical devices, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
This article summarizes the recent progress in the design and synthesis of hydrogels as
tissue-engineering scaffolds. Hydrogels are attractive scaffolding materials owing to their …

Rheological properties of peptide-based hydrogels for biomedical and other applications

C Yan, DJ Pochan - Chemical Society Reviews, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
Peptide-based hydrogels are an important class of biomaterials finding use in food industry
and potential use in tissue engineering, drug delivery and microfluidics. A primary …

Design and development of hybrid hydrogels for biomedical applications: Recent trends in anticancer drug delivery and tissue engineering

MH Cai, XY Chen, LQ Fu, WL Du, X Yang… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The applications of hydrogels in biomedical field has been since multiple decades.
Discoveries in biology and chemistry render this platform endowed with much engineering …

PEG hydrogels for the controlled release of biomolecules in regenerative medicine

CC Lin, KS Anseth - Pharmaceutical research, 2009 - Springer
Polyethylene glycol (PEG) hydrogels are widely used in a variety of biomedical applications,
including matrices for controlled release of biomolecules and scaffolds for regenerative …

Peptide-and protein-based hydrogels

AM Jonker, DWPM Löwik… - Chemistry of …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Hydrogels are polymeric networks, capable of absorbing large amounts of water and
biological fluids. They are insoluble due to the presence of chemical or physical cross-links …

Hydrogel biomaterials: a smart future?

J Kopeček - Biomaterials, 2007 - Elsevier
Hydrogels were the first biomaterials developed for human use. The state-of-the-art and
potential for the future are discussed. Recently, new designs have produced mechanically …