Recent advances in photo-crosslinkable hydrogels for biomedical applications

JR Choi, KW Yong, JY Choi, AC Cowie - BioTechniques, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Photo-crosslinkable hydrogels have recently attracted significant scientific interest. Their
properties can be manipulated in a spatiotemporal manner through exposure to light to …

Photo-crosslinkable hydrogel and its biological applications

Y Wang, S Zhang, J Wang - Chinese Chemical Letters, 2021 - Elsevier
In the past few years, photo-crosslinkable hydrogels have drawn a great attention in tissue
engineering applications due to their high biocompatibility and extracellular matrix (ECM) …

Photo processing for biomedical hydrogels design and functionality: A review

H Yao, J Wang, S Mi - Polymers, 2017 - mdpi.com
A large number of opportunities for biomedical hydrogel design and functionality through
photo-processing have stretched the limits of innovation. As both photochemical …

Photopolymerizable hydrogels for tissue engineering applications

KT Nguyen, JL West - Biomaterials, 2002 - Elsevier
Photopolymerized hydrogels are being investigated for a number of tissue engineering
applications because of the ability to form these materials in situ in a minimally invasive …

Current research progress of photopolymerized hydrogels in tissue engineering

A Sun, X He, X Ji, D Hu, M Pan, L Zhang… - Chinese Chemical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Owing to the special formation of photopolymerized hydrogels, they can effectively control
the formation of hydrogels in space and time. Moreover, the photopolymerized hydrogels …

PEG-based hydrogel synthesis via the photodimerization of anthracene groups

Y Zheng, M Micic, SV Mello, M Mabrouki… - …, 2002 - ACS Publications
Photo-cross-linking has received a considerable attention for the design of intelligent
materials in biochemical and biomedical applications. In this report, we describe the …

Photopolymerization of cell-encapsulating hydrogels: crosslinking efficiency versus cytotoxicity

I Mironi-Harpaz, DY Wang, S Venkatraman, D Seliktar - Acta biomaterialia, 2012 - Elsevier
Cell-encapsulating hydrogels used in regenerative medicine are designed to undergo a
rapid liquid-to-solid phase transition in the presence of cells and tissues so as to maximize …

Light manipulation for fabrication of hydrogels and their biological applications

K Peng, L Zheng, T Zhou, C Zhang, H Li - Acta Biomaterialia, 2022 - Elsevier
The development of biocompatible materials with desired functions is essential for tissue
engineering and biomedical applications. Hydrogels prepared from these materials …

Natural polymers-based light-induced hydrogels: Promising biomaterials for biomedical applications

H Samadian, H Maleki, Z Allahyari… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2020 - Elsevier
There has been a significant increase in demand for biomaterials over the last decades.
According to this fact, the design and development of more efficient and sophisticated …

Photodegradable hydrogels for cell encapsulation and tissue adhesion

M Villiou, JI Paez, A Del Campo - ACS applied materials & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Hydrogels for wound management and tissue gluing applications have to adhere to tissues
for a given time scale and then disappear, either by removal from the skin or by slow …