Tannic acid: a versatile polyphenol for design of biomedical hydrogels

H Jafari, P Ghaffari-Bohlouli, SV Niknezhad… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Tannic acid (TA), a natural polyphenol, is a hydrolysable amphiphilic tannin derivative of
gallic acid with several galloyl groups in its structure. Tannic acid interacts with various …

Phenolic-enabled nanotechnology: versatile particle engineering for biomedicine

D Wu, J Zhou, MN Creyer, W Yim, Z Chen… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Phenolics are ubiquitous in nature and have gained immense research attention because of
their unique physiochemical properties and widespread industrial use. In recent decades …

[HTML][HTML] A mussel-inspired supramolecular hydrogel with robust tissue anchor for rapid hemostasis of arterial and visceral bleedings

Z Qiao, X Lv, S He, S Bai, X Liu, L Hou, J He, D Tong… - Bioactive materials, 2021 - Elsevier
In recent years, the developed hemostatic technologies are still difficult to be applied to the
hemostasis of massive arterial and visceral hemorrhage, owing to their weak hemostatic …

Robust hemostatic bandages based on nanoclay electrospun membranes

Y Cui, Z Huang, L Lei, Q Li, J Jiang, Q Zeng… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Death from acute hemorrhage is a major problem in military conflicts, traffic accidents, and
surgical procedures, et al. Achieving rapid effective hemostasis for pre-hospital care is …

[HTML][HTML] Bioactive skin-mimicking hydrogel band-aids for diabetic wound healing and infectious skin incision treatment

Y Yang, X Zhao, J Yu, X Chen, R Wang, M Zhang… - Bioactive materials, 2021 - Elsevier
The treatment of diabetic chronic wounds remains a global challenge due to the up-
regulated inflammation response, oxidant stress, and persistent infection during healing …

Natural polyphenols as versatile platforms for material engineering and surface functionalization

LQ Xu, KG Neoh, ET Kang - Progress in Polymer Science, 2018 - Elsevier
Polyphenols, the ubiquitous secondary metabolites of plants, are an important part of human
diet and are essential for plant functions. They have attracted considerable interest due to …

Layer-by-layer biomaterials for drug delivery

D Alkekhia, PT Hammond… - Annual review of …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Controlled drug delivery formulations have revolutionized treatments for a range of health
conditions. Over decades of innovation, layer-by-layer (LbL) self-assembly has emerged as …

Nanomaterials for wound dressings: an up-to-date overview

AE Stoica, C Chircov, AM Grumezescu - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
As wound healing continues to be a challenge for the medical field, wound management
has become an essential factor for healthcare systems. Nanotechnology is a domain that …

Layer-by-layer nanoarchitectonics: invention, innovation, and evolution

K Ariga, Y Yamauchi, G Rydzek, Q Ji… - Chemistry …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Materials fabrication with nanoscale structural precision based on bottom-up-type self-
assembly has become more important in various current disciplines in chemistry including …

Materials and methods for delivery of biological drugs

AN Zelikin, C Ehrhardt, AM Healy - Nature chemistry, 2016 - nature.com
Biological drugs generated via recombinant techniques are uniquely positioned due to their
high potency and high selectivity of action. The major drawback of this class of therapeutics …