Toward enabling manufacturing paradigm of 4D printing of shape memory materials: Open literature review

I Akbar, M El Hadrouz, M El Mansori… - European Polymer …, 2022 - Elsevier
The unique characteristics of 4D printing (4DP) and its applications, such as self-morphing,
self-healing, and self-actuation have incorporated and exploited the attractiveness of …

Microgels at interfaces, from mickering emulsions to flat interfaces and back

MA Fernandez-Rodriguez, A Martin-Molina… - Advances in colloid and …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this review, we cover the topic of p (NIPAM) based microgels at interfaces, revisiting
classical studies in light of the newest ones. In particular, we focus on their use as …

3D bioprinting of macroporous materials based on entangled hydrogel microstrands

B Kessel, M Lee, A Bonato, Y Tinguely… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrogels are excellent mimetics of mammalian extracellular matrices and have found
widespread use in tissue engineering. Nanoporosity of monolithic bulk hydrogels, however …

Annealing high aspect ratio microgels into macroporous 3D scaffolds allows for higher porosities and effective cell migration

AC Suturin, AJD Krüger, K Neidig… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Growing millimeter‐scaled functional tissue remains a major challenge in the field of tissue
engineering. Therefore, microporous annealed particles (MAPs) are emerging as promising …

Thermally and magnetically programmable hydrogel microactuators

M Saadli, DL Braunmiller, A Mourran, JJ Crassous - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The rapid development in micro‐machinery enabled the investigation of smart materials that
can embody fast response, programmable actuation, and flexibility to perform mechanical …

Translating therapeutic microgels into clinical applications

Y Kittel, AJC Kuehne… - Advanced Healthcare …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Microgels are crosslinked, water‐swollen networks with a 10 nm to 100 µm diameter and
can be modified chemically or biologically to render them biocompatible for advanced …

How do the local physical, biochemical, and mechanical properties of an injectable synthetic anisotropic hydrogel affect oriented nerve growth?

S Babu, I Chen, S Vedaraman… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
As an injectable tissue regenerative platform, Anisogel aims to recapitulate the complex and
anisotropic architecture of native extracellular matrix by the use of magneto‐responsive …

Review of electrospun hydrogel nanofiber system: Synthesis, Properties and Applications

T Ghosh, T Das, R Purwar - Polymer Engineering & Science, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrogel‐based nanofibers or vice versa are a relatively new class of nanomaterials, in
which hydrogels are structured in nanofibrous form. Structure and size of the material …

Pre‐Programmed Rod‐Shaped Microgels to Create Multi‐Directional Anisogels for 3D Tissue Engineering

DL Braunmiller, S Babu, DB Gehlen… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Micron‐scale anisometric microgels have received increasing attention to replace
macromolecule solutions to create injectable 3D regenerative hydrogels. Interlinking these …

Controlling structure with injectable biomaterials to better mimic tissue heterogeneity and anisotropy

S Babu, F Albertino, A Omidinia Anarkoli… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Tissue regeneration of sensitive tissues calls for injectable scaffolds, which are minimally
invasive and offer minimal damage to the native tissues. However, most of these systems …