Photopolymerizable biomaterials and light-based 3D printing strategies for biomedical applications

C Yu, J Schimelman, P Wang, KL Miller, X Ma… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Since the advent of additive manufacturing, known commonly as 3D printing, this technology
has revolutionized the biofabrication landscape and driven numerous pivotal advancements …

Light-triggered click chemistry

GS Kumar, Q Lin - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
The merging of click chemistry with discrete photochemical processes has led to the creation
of a new class of click reactions, collectively known as photoclick chemistry. These light …

Photoinduced electron transfer reactions for macromolecular syntheses

S Dadashi-Silab, S Doran, Y Yagci - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
Photochemical reactions, particularly those involving photoinduced electron transfer
processes, establish a substantial contribution to the modern synthetic chemistry, and the …

Copper-catalysed azide–alkyne cycloadditions (CuAAC): an update

E Haldón, MC Nicasio, PJ Pérez - Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
The reactions of organic azides and alkynes catalysed by copper species represent the
prototypical examples of click chemistry. The so-called CuAAC reaction (copper-catalysed …

Water-soluble photoinitiators in biomedical applications

W Tomal, J Ortyl - Polymers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Light-initiated polymerization processes are currently an important tool in various industrial
fields. The advancement of technology has resulted in the use of photopolymerization in …

The CuAAC: Principles, homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts, and novel developments and applications

S Neumann, M Biewend, S Rana… - Macromolecular Rapid …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The copper‐catalyzed azide/alkyne cycloaddition reaction (CuAAC) has emerged as the
most useful “click” chemistry. Polymer science has profited enormously from CuAAC by its …

Click hydrogels, microgels and nanogels: Emerging platforms for drug delivery and tissue engineering

Y Jiang, J Chen, C Deng, EJ Suuronen, Z Zhong - Biomaterials, 2014 - Elsevier
Hydrogels, microgels and nanogels have emerged as versatile and viable platforms for
sustained protein release, targeted drug delivery, and tissue engineering due to excellent …

Novel monomers for photopolymer networks

H Lai, X Peng, L Li, D Zhu, P **ao - Progress in Polymer Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Photopolymerization technology to transform monomers into polymer network materials has
been widely applied to enable various conventional and emerging applications such as …

Achieving controlled biomolecule–biomaterial conjugation

CD Spicer, ET Pashuck, MM Stevens - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
The conjugation of biomolecules can impart materials with the bioactivity necessary to
modulate specific cell behaviors. While the biological roles of particular polypeptide …

Click chemistry hydrogels for extrusion bioprinting: progress, challenges, and opportunities

E Mueller, I Poulin, WJ Bodnaryk, T Hoare - Biomacromolecules, 2022 - ACS Publications
The emergence of 3D bioprinting has allowed a variety of hydrogel-based “bioinks” to be
printed in the presence of cells to create precisely defined cell-loaded 3D scaffolds in a …