Contemporary biomaterials are expected to provide tailored mechanical, biological and
structural cues to encapsulated or invading cells in regenerative applications. In addition …

This review aims at giving selected chemical and mechanical insights on design criteria that
should be taken into account in hydrogel production for biomedical applications. Particular …

Hydrogels, due to their unique biocompatibility, flexible methods of synthesis, range of
constituents, and desirable physical characteristics, have been the material of choice for …

Advances in synthetic routes to chemically modify natural macromolecules such as
polysaccharides and proteins have allowed designing functional hydrogels able to tackle …

Hydrogels provide mechanical support and a hydrated environment that offer good
cytocompatibility and controlled release of molecules, and myriad hydrogels thus have been …

Hydrogels are cross-linked polymeric networks swollen in water, physiological aqueous
solutions or biological fluids. They are synthesized by a wide range of polymerization …

Hydrogel scaffolds that can repair or regrow damaged biological tissue have great potential
for the treatment of injury and disease. These biomaterials are widely used in the tissue …

Hydrogels, as interconnected networks (polymer mesh; physically, chemically, or dynamic
crosslinked networks) incorporating a high amount of water, present structural …

In recent years, biomaterials development and characterization for new applications in
regenerative medicine or controlled release represent one of the biggest challenges. Tissue …

This article summarizes the recent progress in the design and synthesis of hydrogels as
tissue-engineering scaffolds. Hydrogels are attractive scaffolding materials owing to their …