Translational applications of hydrogels

S Correa, AK Grosskopf, H Lopez Hernandez… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Advances in hydrogel technology have unlocked unique and valuable capabilities that are
being applied to a diverse set of translational applications. Hydrogels perform functions …

Polymerization of ethylene oxide, propylene oxide, and other alkylene oxides: synthesis, novel polymer architectures, and bioconjugation

J Herzberger, K Niederer, H Pohlit, J Seiwert… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The review summarizes current trends and developments in the polymerization of alkylene
oxides in the last two decades since 1995, with a particular focus on the most important …

[HTML][HTML] Construction of heparin-based hydrogel incorporated with Cu5. 4O ultrasmall nanozymes for wound healing and inflammation inhibition

Y Peng, D He, X Ge, Y Lu, Y Chai, Y Zhang, Z Mao… - Bioactive materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Excessive production of inflammatory chemokines and reactive oxygen species (ROS) can
cause a feedback cycle of inflammation response that has a negative effect on cutaneous …

Adaptable hydrogel networks with reversible linkages for tissue engineering

H Wang, SC Heilshorn - Advanced Materials, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Adaptable hydrogels have recently emerged as a promising platform for three‐dimensional
(3D) cell encapsulation and culture. In conventional, covalently crosslinked hydrogels …

Evolution of hybrid hydrogels: Next-generation biomaterials for drug delivery and tissue engineering

MM Rana, H De la Hoz Siegler - Gels, 2024 - mdpi.com
Hydrogels, being hydrophilic polymer networks capable of absorbing and retaining aqueous
fluids, hold significant promise in biomedical applications owing to their high water content …

Biodegradable polymer nanogels for drug/nucleic acid delivery

Y Li, D Maciel, J Rodrigues, X Shi, H Tomás - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
Despite the extensive research on therapeutic delivery, many problems still exist on how to
develop a proper platform (a carrier) that can deliver drugs/nucleic acids to specific sites of …

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 …

Injectable and biodegradable hydrogels: gelation, biodegradation and biomedical applications

Y Li, J Rodrigues, H Tomás - Chemical Society Reviews, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Injectable hydrogels with biodegradability have in situ formability which in vitro/in vivo allows
an effective and homogeneous encapsulation of drugs/cells, and convenient in vivo surgical …

Designing degradable hydrogels for orthogonal control of cell microenvironments

PM Kharkar, KL Kiick, AM Kloxin - Chemical Society Reviews, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Degradable and cell-compatible hydrogels can be designed to mimic the physical and
biochemical characteristics of native extracellular matrices and provide tunability of …