[HTML][HTML] New insights into nanocomposite hydrogels; a review on recent advances in characteristics and applications

F Karchoubi, RA Ghotli, H Pahlevani… - Advanced Industrial and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The study of nanocomposite hydrogels in their various scientific areas has grown
remarkably along the years with emergence of various theoretical and experimental …

Stimuli-responsive polymers for sensing and reacting to environmental conditions

Q Zhang, Y Zhang, Y Wan, W Carvalho, L Hu… - Progress in Polymer …, 2021 - Elsevier
As we enter the age of artificial intelligence (AI), new technologies will be needed to
“sample” environmental conditions to provide data to AI systems that will yield a specific …

Natural polymer-based hydrogels: From polymer to biomedical applications

L Zhao, Y Zhou, J Zhang, H Liang, X Chen, H Tan - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Hydrogels prepared from natural polymer have attracted extensive attention in biomedical
fields such as drug delivery, wound healing, and regenerative medicine due to their good …

Harnessing the power of stimuli‐responsive polymers for actuation

L Hu, Y Wan, Q Zhang, MJ Serpe - Advanced Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
A common behavior found in nature is the ability of plants and animals to naturally respond
to their surroundings through actuation. Stimuli‐responsive polymers exhibit the same ability …

Synthesis, characterization, and selective dye adsorption by pH-and ion-sensitive polyelectrolyte galactomannan-based hydrogels

P Li, T Wang, J He, J Jiang, F Lei - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2021 - Elsevier
Three novel polyelectrolyte galactomannan hydrogels (PGHs) were fabricated by chemically
crosslinking quaternary ammonium galactomannan (QAG) and carboxymethyl …

Biodegradable polymers: a cure for the planet, but a long way to go

GZ Yin, XM Yang - Journal of Polymer Research, 2020 - Springer
Nowadays, vigorously researching and develo** biodegradable materials is an effective
way to solve the problem of white pollution. As far as we know, systematic research in …

Ion-responsive chitosan hydrogel actuator inspired by carrotwood seed pod

X Zhu, C Yang, Y Jian, H Deng, Y Du, X Shi - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2022 - Elsevier
Inspired by the gradient hygroscopic structure of carrotwood seed pod, patterned anisotropic
structure was created in polysaccharide hydrogel by an anodic electrical writing process …

Natural polymer-based stimuli-responsive hydrogels

Y Jiang, Y Wang, Q Li, C Yu… - Current Medicinal …, 2020 - ingentaconnect.com
The abilities of intelligent polymer hydrogels to change their structure and volume phase in
response to external stimuli have provided new possibilities for various advanced …

Electrical and thermal stimulus-responsive nanocarbon-based 3D hydrogel sponge for switchable drug delivery

SY Park, JH Kang, HS Kim, JY Hwang, US Shin - Nanoscale, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Smart hydrogels that are responsive to various external (eg electrical and/or thermal)
stimulation have become increasingly popular in recent years for simple, rapid, and precise …

Design of an electro-stimulated hydrogel actuator system with fast flexible folding deformation under a low electric field

Y Shin, MY Choi, J Choi, JH Na… - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Soft actuators have recently been widely studied due to their significant advantages
including light weight, continuous deformability, high environment adaptability, and safe …