Translational applications of hydrogels

S Correa, AK Grosskopf, H Lopez Hernandez… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Advances in hydrogel technology have unlocked unique and valuable capabilities that are
being applied to a diverse set of translational applications. Hydrogels perform functions …

A review on electrospun polymeric nanofibers: Production parameters and potential applications

HM Ibrahim, A Klingner - Polymer Testing, 2020 - Elsevier
This review deals with electrospun nanofibers and their applications in several fields.
Nanofibers have mainly been produced via electrospinning technique due to the simple …

Bioactive scaffolds with enhanced supramolecular motion promote recovery from spinal cord injury

Z Álvarez, AN Kolberg-Edelbrock, IR Sasselli… - Science, 2021 - science.org
The signaling of cells by scaffolds of synthetic molecules that mimic proteins is known to be
effective in the regeneration of tissues. Here, we describe peptide amphiphile …

Self-assembling peptide EAK16 and RADA16 nanofiber scaffold hydrogel

F Gelain, Z Luo, S Zhang - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Short peptides are ubiquitous in nature. They are found as hormones, pheromones,
antibacterial and antifungal agents in innate immunity systems, toxins, and pesticides. But …

Drug delivery by supramolecular design

MJ Webber, R Langer - Chemical Society Reviews, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
The rational design of drug delivery approaches leveraging supramolecular chemistry
(ie,“chemistry beyond the molecule”) has garnered significant interest in recent years toward …

[HTML][HTML] Emerging applications of nanotechnology in healthcare systems: Grand challenges and perspectives

S Anjum, S Ishaque, H Fatima, W Farooq, C Hano… - Pharmaceuticals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Healthcare, as a basic human right, has often become the focus of the development of
innovative technologies. Technological progress has significantly contributed to the …

[HTML][HTML] A comprehensive review summarizing the effect of electrospinning parameters and potential applications of nanofibers in biomedical and biotechnology

A Haider, S Haider, IK Kang - Arabian Journal of Chemistry, 2018 - Elsevier
Nanotechnology is a budding technology that has been identified as a vital scientific and
commercial venture with global economic benefits. With the increasing knowledge of …

Supramolecular hydrogelators and hydrogels: from soft matter to molecular biomaterials

X Du, J Zhou, J Shi, B Xu - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
In this review we intend to provide a relatively comprehensive summary of the work of
supramolecular hydrogelators after 2004 and to put emphasis particularly on the …

Supramolecular biomaterials

MJ Webber, EA Appel, EW Meijer, R Langer - Nature materials, 2016 - nature.com
Polymers, ceramics and metals have historically dominated the application of materials in
medicine. Yet rationally designed materials that exploit specific, directional, tunable and …

[HTML][HTML] Nanoscale self-assembly for therapeutic delivery

S Yadav, AK Sharma, P Kumar - Frontiers in Bioengineering and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Self-assembly is the process of association of individual units of a material into highly
arranged/ordered structures/patterns. It imparts unique properties to both inorganic and …