Tailoring the Swelling‐Shrinkable Behavior of Hydrogels for Biomedical Applications

W Feng, Z Wang - Advanced Science, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrogels with tailor‐made swelling‐shrinkable properties have aroused considerable
interest in numerous biomedical domains. For example, as swelling is a key issue for blood …

Carbon dot‐based hydrogels: Preparations, properties, and applications

Y Wang, T Lv, K Yin, N Feng, X Sun, J Zhou, H Li - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrogels have extremely high moisture content, which makes it very soft and excellently
biocompatible. They have become an important soft material and have a wide range of …

Advanced in carbon dot-based hydrogels for antibacterial, detection and adsorption

F Cui, L Xi, D Wang, L Ren, X Tan, X Li, J Li… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2023 - Elsevier
Hydrogels are biocompatible carriers that can maintain the original properties of embedded
materials. Carbon dots (CDs) are multifunctional nanomaterials with antibacterial properties …

Programmed stimuli-responsive carbon dot-nanogel hybrids for imaging-guided enhanced tumor phototherapy

C Zhao, S Sun, S Li, A Lv, Q Chen, K Jiang… - … Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
For harmonizing the contradiction of nanotheranostic agents between enhanced tumor
accumulation and penetration, efficient cell internalization and fast elimination are key …

Autonomous self-healing hydrogels: recent development in fabrication strategies

M Gharakhloo, M Karbarz - European Polymer Journal, 2022 - Elsevier
Given the high demand for materials with long life, advancing the design of self-healable
materials with multifunctional properties is of great importance. Such self-healing materials …

Photothermal-modulated drug release from a composite hydrogel based on silk fibroin and sodium alginate

C Niu, X Liu, Y Wang, X Li, J Shi - European Polymer Journal, 2021 - Elsevier
In order to realize effective controlled release of medicine to specific sites, the near-infrared
(NIR) light responsive hydrogel has recently attracted noticeable attention as an innovative …

Synthesis and Processing of Dynamic Covalently Crosslinked Polydextran/Carbon dot nanocomposite hydrogels with Tailorable microstructures and properties

CH Lu, YC Yeh - ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, 2022 - ACS Publications
Using functionalized nanoparticles to crosslink hydrophilic polymers is a growing theme of
directly constructing nanocomposite (NC) hydrogels. Employing dynamic covalent chemistry …

Biomimetic hierarchical nanocomposite hydrogels: From design to biomedical applications

Z Yao, J Xu, J Shen, L Qin, W Yuan - Journal of Composites Science, 2022 - mdpi.com
Natural extracellular matrix (ECM) is highly heterogeneous and anisotropic due to the
existence of biomacromolecule bundles and pores. Hydrogels have been proposed as ideal …

Emerging trends in CDs@ hydrogels composites: from materials to applications

X Wei, X Wang, Y Fu, X Zhang, F Yan - Microchimica Acta, 2024 - Springer
Carbon dots (CDs) are nanoscale carbon materials with unique optical properties and
biocompatibility. Their applications are limited by their tendency to aggregate or oxidize in …

A novel PEG-based hydrogel possessing disulfide bonds: synthesis via click chemistry and study on swelling behavior

A Rezaei, R Gilani, H Behniafar - Polymer-Plastics Technology and …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
In this research, polyoxyethylene with alkyne end groups and two disulfide bonds in the
polymer chain was synthesized through two consecutive esterification reactions from …