Mechanics of 3D cell–hydrogel interactions: experiments, models, and mechanisms

FJ Vernerey, S Lalitha Sridhar, A Muralidharan… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Hydrogels are highly water-swollen molecular networks that are ideal platforms to create
tissue mimetics owing to their vast and tunable properties. As such, hydrogels are promising …

Stimuli‐responsive hydrogels: fabrication and biomedical applications

Z Li, Y Zhou, T Li, J Zhang, H Tian - View, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Due to their similarity to some bio‐architectures, for example, extracellular matrix, hydrogels
are considered as bio‐inspired networks with bio‐mimetic and bio‐functional properties …

Natural polymers based hydrogels for cell culture applications

G Jose, KT Shalumon, JP Chen - Current Medicinal Chemistry, 2020 - ingentaconnect.com
It is well known that the extracellular matrix (ECM) plays a vital role in the growth, survival
and differentiation of cells. Though two-dimensional (2D) materials are generally used as …

Efficient, enzyme responsive and tumor receptor targeting gelatin nanoparticles decorated with concanavalin-A for site-specific and controlled drug delivery for cancer …

K Vaghasiya, E Ray, R Singh, K Jadhav… - Materials Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The tumor targeting and stimuli responsiveness behavior of intelligent drug delivery systems
imparts effective therapeutic delivery and decreases the toxicity of conventional …

Design, preparation, and characterization of CS/PVA/SA hydrogels modified with mesoporous Ag 2 O/SiO 2 and curcumin nanoparticles for green, biocompatible, and …

A Farazin, M Mohammadimehr, AH Ghasemi… - RSC advances, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
One of the most significant factors affecting the rapid and effective healing of wounds is the
application of appropriate wound dressings. In the present study, novel antibacterial wound …

Photolabile linkers: exploiting labile bond chemistry to control mode and rate of hydrogel degradation and protein release

PJ LeValley, R Neelarapu, BP Sutherland… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Photolabile moieties have been utilized in applications ranging from peptide synthesis and
controlled protein activation to tunable and dynamic materials. The photochromic properties …

Stimuli-responsive destructible polymeric hydrogels based on irreversible covalent bond dissociation

S Shahi, H Roghani-Mamaqani, S Talebi… - Polymer …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Covalently crosslinked stimuli-destructible hydrogels with the ability of irreversible stimuli-
controlled bond dissociation have attracted great attention due to their easy preparation …

Surface patterning of hydrogel biomaterials to probe and direct cell–matrix interactions

BG Munoz‐Robles, I Kopyeva… - Advanced Materials …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Due to their mechanical and structural similarity to native tissues, hydrogel biomaterials
have gained tremendous popularity for applications in 3D tissue culture, therapeutic …

Dual cross-linked, polymer thermosets: modular design, reversible transformation, and triggered debonding

Y Oh, J Park, JJ Park, S Jeong, H Kim - Chemistry of Materials, 2020 - ACS Publications
We demonstrated the modular synthesis of polymer thermosets exhibiting programmed
responses that arise from two predesigned functional units: a reversible cross-linker and a …

Photodegradable polyacrylamide gels for dynamic control of cell functions

SCP Norris, J Soto, AM Kasko, S Li - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Cross-linked polyacrylamide hydrogels are commonly used in biotechnology and cell
culture applications due to advantageous properties, such as the precise control of material …