Amino acid-induced rapid gelation and mechanical reinforcement of hydrogels with low-hysteresis and self-recoverable and fatigue-resistant properties

X Luo, Z Yuan, X Xie, Y Xie, H Lv, J Zhao, H Wang… - Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Hydrogels with rapid gelation ability and robust mechanical properties are highly desirable
for nascent applications in biomedical, wearable electronic, industrial and agricultural fields …

Research advances in mechanical properties and applications of dual network hydrogels

X Ning, J Huang, N Yuan, C Chen, D Lin - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Hydrogels with a three-dimensional network structure are particularly outstanding in water
absorption and water retention because water exists stably in the interior, making the gel …

Strong and ultra‐tough supramolecular hydrogel enabled by strain‐induced microphase separation

J Wu, Z Zhang, Z Wu, D Liu, X Yang… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Architected hydrogels are widely used in biomedicine, soft robots, and flexible electronics
while still possess big challenges in strong toughness, and shape modeling. Here, inspired …

High-strength hydrogels: Fabrication, reinforcement mechanisms, and applications

H Huang, Z Dong, X Ren, B Jia, G Li, S Zhou, X Zhao… - Nano Research, 2023 - Springer
With the continuous appearance and expansion of high-strength hydrogels in emerging
fields such as industry, medicine, and green development, the synthesis and application of …

Advances and challenges on hydrogels for wound dressing

W Wang, S Ummartyotin, R Narain - Current Opinion in Biomedical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Hydrogels, due to their hydrophilic nature, tunable chemical, mechanical and biological
properties, have shown great promises for wound dressing application. Nevertheless …

Dual dynamic bonds enable biocompatible and tough hydrogels with fast self-recoverable, self-healable and injectable properties

Z Guo, H Gu, Y He, Y Zhang, W Xu, J Zhang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
High-strength hydrogels with injectable ability provide possibility of in vivo delivery in a
minimally invasive way, but conventional tough hydrogels with excellent mechanical …

Stimuli-responsive polysaccharide hydrogels for biomedical applications: a review

I Gholamali - Regenerative Engineering and Translational Medicine, 2021 - Springer
This review aims to present methods for obtaining polysaccharide hydrogels, their properties
and sensitivity to environmental stimuli, as well as their potential applications in …

Specialty tough hydrogels and their biomedical applications

S Fuchs, K Shariati, M Ma - Advanced healthcare materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrogels have long been explored as attractive materials for biomedical applications given
their outstanding biocompatibility, high water content, and versatile fabrication platforms into …

Starfish‐Inspired Cut‐Resistant Hydrogel with Self‐Growing Armor: Where Softness Meets Toughness

Y Zhao, Y Chen, X Song, Y Li, L Zhang… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Many soft animals like starfish have developed armors to protect their soft bodies in order to
survive in harsh environment. Inspired by this fact, special hydrogels with self‐growing …

Tough stimuli-responsive supramolecular hydrogels with hydrogen-bonding network junctions

M Guo, LM Pitet, HM Wyss, M Vos… - Journal of the …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Hydrogels were prepared with physical cross-links comprising 2-ureido-4 [1H]-pyrimidinone
(UPy) hydrogen-bonding units within the backbone of segmented amphiphilic …