Covalently Crosslinked hydrogels via step‐growth reactions: crosslinking chemistries, polymers, and clinical impact

Y Gao, K Peng, S Mitragotri - Advanced Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrogels are an important class of biomaterials with the unique property of high‐water
content in a crosslinked polymer network. In particular, chemically crosslinked hydrogels …

Improving chronic diabetic wound healing through an injectable and self-healing hydrogel with platelet-rich plasma release

Z Qian, H Wang, Y Bai, Y Wang, L Tao… - … applied materials & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Diabetic skin ulcer is one of the severe complications of diabetes mellitus, which has a high
incidence and may cause death or disability. Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) is widely used in …

Bioinspired nanofibrous glycopeptide hydrogel dressing for accelerating wound healing: a cytokine‐free, M2‐type macrophage polarization approach

Z Feng, Q Su, C Zhang, P Huang… - Advanced Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Wound management remains a major concern in clinical care. Conventional dressings and
hydrogels delivering drugs or cells can drive wound healing. However, these approaches …

[HTML][HTML] An instantly fixable and self-adaptive scaffold for skull regeneration by autologous stem cell recruitment and angiogenesis

G Lu, Y Xu, Q Liu, M Chen, H Sun, P Wang, X Li… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Limited stem cells, poor stretchability and mismatched interface fusion have plagued the
reconstruction of cranial defects by cell-free scaffolds. Here, we designed an instantly fixable …

In situ synthesis of mechanically robust, transparent nanofiber‐reinforced hydrogels for highly sensitive multiple sensing

X Lu, Y Si, S Zhang, J Yu, B Ding - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrogels that are both highly conductive and mechanically robust have demonstrated great
potential in various applications ranging from healthcare to soft robotics; however, the …

[HTML][HTML] Advanced electrospun hydrogel fibers for wound healing

Y Li, J Wang, Y Wang, W Cui - Composites Part B: Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Various types of biological materials have been developed and applied for tissue
regeneration and wound repair. Among them, hydrogel fibers obtained by combining …

Designing hydrogels for immunomodulation in cancer therapy and regenerative medicine

Z Zhang, C He, X Chen - Advanced Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The immune system not only acts as a defense against pathogen and cancer cells, but also
plays an important role in homeostasis and tissue regeneration. Targeting immune systems …

Recent advances in designing fibrous biomaterials for the domain of biomedical, clinical, and environmental applications

N Mamidi, RG García, JDH Martínez… - ACS Biomaterials …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Unique properties and potential applications of nanofibers have emerged as innovative
approaches and opportunities in the biomedical, healthcare, environmental, and biosensor …

Biodegradable polymers as the pivotal player in the design of tissue engineering scaffolds

F Zhang, MW King - Advanced healthcare materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Biodegradable polymers play a pivotal role in in situ tissue engineering. Utilizing various
technologies, researchers have been able to fabricate 3D tissue engineering scaffolds using …

Anisotropic rod‐shaped particles influence injectable granular hydrogel properties and cell invasion

TH Qazi, J Wu, VG Muir, S Weintraub… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Granular hydrogels have emerged as a new class of injectable and porous biomaterials that
improve integration with host tissue when compared to solid hydrogels. Granular hydrogels …