3D Printing of Self‐Healing Materials

I Roppolo, M Caprioli, CF Pirri… - Advanced Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This review article presents a comprehensive overview of the latest advances in the field of
3D printable structures with self‐healing properties. Three‐dimensional printing (3DP) is a …

[HTML][HTML] Supramolecular engineering of hydrogels for drug delivery

S Bernhard, MW Tibbitt - Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Supramolecular binding motifs are increasingly employed in the design of biomaterials. The
ability to rationally engineer specific yet reversible associations into polymer networks with …

Advances in crosslinking strategies of biomedical hydrogels

W Hu, Z Wang, Y **ao, S Zhang, J Wang - Biomaterials science, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Biomedical hydrogels as sole repair matrices or combined with pre-seeded cells and
bioactive growth factors are extensively applied in tissue engineering and regenerative …

Aggregation‐induced emission‐active gels: fabrications, functions, and applications

Z Li, X Ji, H **e, BZ Tang - Advanced Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Chromophores that exhibit aggregation‐induced emission (ie, aggregation‐induced
emission luminogens [AIEgens]) emit intense fluorescence in their aggregated states, but …

Advanced supramolecular design for direct ink writing of soft materials

M Tang, Z Zhong, C Ke - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The exciting advancements in 3D-printing of soft materials are changing the landscape of
materials development and fabrication. Among various 3D-printers that are designed for soft …

Synthesis and applications of boronic acid-containing polymers: from materials to medicine

WLA Brooks, BS Sumerlin - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
Recently, boronic acid-containing macromolecules have been utilized in a number of
biomedical applications, 1 including use in dynamic covalent materials, dual thermo-and …

Cyclodextrin-based host–guest supramolecular hydrogels for local drug delivery

G Fang, X Yang, S Chen, Q Wang, A Zhang… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2022 - Elsevier
Cyclodextrin (CD) is one of the most versatile substances produced by nature and can form
supramolecular hydrogels with polymers or small molecules based on non-covalent …

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 …

Supramolecular polymer networks: hydrogels and bulk materials

L Voorhaar, R Hoogenboom - Chemical Society Reviews, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Supramolecular polymer networks are materials crosslinked by reversible supramolecular
interactions, such as hydrogen bonding or electrostatic interactions. Supramolecular …

Hydrogels in a historical perspective: From simple networks to smart materials

SJ Buwalda, KWM Boere, PJ Dijkstra, J Feijen… - Journal of controlled …, 2014 - Elsevier
Over the past decades, significant progress has been made in the field of hydrogels as
functional biomaterials. Biomedical application of hydrogels was initially hindered by the …