Hydrogel interfaces for merging humans and machines

H Yuk, J Wu, X Zhao - Nature Reviews Materials, 2022 - nature.com
The last few decades have witnessed unprecedented convergence between humans and
machines that closely operate around the human body. Despite these advances, traditional …

Naturally sourced hydrogels: emerging fundamental materials for next-generation healthcare sensing

Z Wang, H Wei, Y Huang, Y Wei, J Chen - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The flourishing development of flexible healthcare sensing systems is inseparable from the
fundamental materials with application-oriented mechanical and electrical properties …

[HTML][HTML] Structural and biological engineering of 3D hydrogels for wound healing

MH Norahan, SC Pedroza-González… - Bioactive materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Chronic wounds have become one of the most important issues for healthcare systems and
are a leading cause of death worldwide. Wound dressings are necessary to facilitate wound …

Harnessing the potential of hydrogels for advanced therapeutic applications: Current achievements and future directions

P Lu, D Ruan, M Huang, M Tian, K Zhu… - Signal transduction and …, 2024 - nature.com
The applications of hydrogels have expanded significantly due to their versatile, highly
tunable properties and breakthroughs in biomaterial technologies. In this review, we cover …

Fibre-infused gel scaffolds guide cardiomyocyte alignment in 3D-printed ventricles

S Choi, KY Lee, SL Kim, LA MacQueen, H Chang… - Nature materials, 2023 - nature.com
Hydrogels are attractive materials for tissue engineering, but efforts to date have shown
limited ability to produce the microstructural features necessary to promote cellular self …

Soft materials by design: unconventional polymer networks give extreme properties

X Zhao, X Chen, H Yuk, S Lin, X Liu… - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Hydrogels are polymer networks infiltrated with water. Many biological hydrogels in animal
bodies such as muscles, heart valves, cartilages, and tendons possess extreme mechanical …

Polymeric tissue adhesives

S Nam, D Mooney - Chemical reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Polymeric tissue adhesives provide versatile materials for wound management and are
widely used in a variety of medical settings ranging from minor to life-threatening tissue …

Therapeutic potential and mechanisms of mesenchymal stem cell-derived exosomes as bioactive materials in tendon–bone healing

J Zou, W Yang, W Cui, C Li, C Ma, X Ji, J Hong… - Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Tendon–bone insertion (TBI) injuries, such as anterior cruciate ligament injury and rotator
cuff injury, are the most common soft tissue injuries. In most situations, surgical …

[HTML][HTML] Multifunctional GelMA platforms with nanomaterials for advanced tissue therapeutics

AG Kurian, RK Singh, KD Patel, JH Lee, HW Kim - Bioactive materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Polymeric hydrogels are fascinating platforms as 3D scaffolds for tissue repair and delivery
systems of therapeutic molecules and cells. Among others, methacrylated gelatin (GelMA) …

Modification, 3D printing process and application of sodium alginate based hydrogels in soft tissue engineering: A review

Q Wei, J Zhou, Y An, M Li, J Zhang, S Yang - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Sodium alginate (SA) is an inexpensive and biocompatible biomaterial with fast and gentle
crosslinking that has been widely used in biological soft tissue repair/regeneration …