Bioadhesive technology platforms

SJ Wu, X Zhao - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Bioadhesives have emerged as transformative and versatile tools in healthcare, offering the
ability to attach tissues with ease and minimal damage. These materials present numerous …

Programmable morphing hydrogels for soft actuators and robots: from structure designs to active functions

D Jiao, QL Zhu, CY Li, Q Zheng… - Accounts of Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Nature provides abundant inspiration and elegant paradigms for the
development of smart materials that can actuate, morph, and move on demand. One …

Functional hydrogel coatings

J Liu, S Qu, Z Suo, W Yang - National Science Review, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Hydrogels—natural or synthetic polymer networks that swell in water—can be made
mechanically, chemically and electrically compatible with living tissues. There has been …

Nitric oxide therapy for diabetic wound healing

MJ Malone‐Povolny, SE Maloney… - Advanced healthcare …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Nitric oxide (NO) represents a potential wound therapeutic agent due to its ability to regulate
inflammation and eradicate bacterial infections. Two broad strategies exist to utilize NO for …

Transformer hydrogels: a review

O Erol, A Pantula, W Liu… - Advanced Materials …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrogels, which are hydrophilic soft porous networks, are an important class of materials of
broad relevance to bioanalytical chemistry, soft‐robotics, drug delivery, and regenerative …

Magnetic soft robotic bladder for assisted urination

Y Yang, J Wang, L Wang, Q Wu, L Ling, Y Yang… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
The poor contractility of the detrusor muscle in underactive bladders (UABs) fails to increase
the pressure inside the UAB, leading to strenuous and incomplete urination. However …

[HTML][HTML] Smart materials for smart healthcare–moving from sensors and actuators to self-sustained nanoenergy nanosystems

FA Hassani, Q Shi, F Wen, T He, A Haroun… - Smart Materials in …, 2020 - Elsevier
Smart materials offer a significant role in on our lives covering various sensing and actuation
applications in healthcare due to their responsivity to external stimuli such as stress, light …

A freestanding stretchable and multifunctional transistor with intrinsic self‐healing properties of all device components

M Khatib, TP Huynh, Y Deng, YD Horev, W Saliba… - Small, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
A flexible and stretchable field‐effect transistor (FET) is an essential element in a number of
modern electronics. To realize the potential of this device in harsh real‐world conditions and …

Soft sensors for a sensing-actuation system with high bladder voiding efficiency

F Arab Hassani, H Jin, T Yokota, T Someya… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
Sensing-actuation systems can assist a bladder with lost sensation and weak muscle
control. Here, we advance the relevant technology by integrating a soft and thin capacitive …

Mesoporous TiO 2-based architectures as promising sensing materials towards next-generation biosensing applications

F Amri, NLW Septiani, M Rezki, M Iqbal… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
In the past two decades, mesoporous TiO2 has emerged as a promising material for
biosensing applications. In particular, mesoporous TiO2 materials with uniform, well …