Can regenerative medicine and nanotechnology combine to heal wounds? The search for the ideal wound dressing

P Zarrintaj, AS Moghaddam, S Manouchehri… - …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Skin is the outermost covering of the human body and at the same time the largest organ
comprising 15% of body weight and 2 m2 surface area. Skin plays a key role as a barrier …

Biodegradable thermogelling polymers

XJ Loh, PL Chee, C Owh - Small Methods, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Thermogelling materials are envisioned as smart biomaterials with significant potential in
the biomedical field. Their importance lies at the intersection between two highly medically …

Biomimetic poly (glycerol sebacate)/poly (l-lactic acid) blend scaffolds for adipose tissue engineering

M Frydrych, S Román, S MacNeil, B Chen - Acta Biomaterialia, 2015 - Elsevier
Large three-dimensional poly (glycerol sebacate)(PGS)/poly (l-lactic acid)(PLLA) scaffolds
with similar bulk mechanical properties to native low and high stress adapted adipose tissue …

Tough and biodegradable polyurethane-curcumin composited hydrogel with antioxidant, antibacterial and antitumor properties

Y Feng, K Xiao, Y He, B Du, J Hong, H Yin, D Lu… - Materials Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The functionalization of tough and biodegradable hydrogels is an important way to broaden
their applications in biomedical field. However, most of the hydrophobic functional drugs are …

Tough, thermo-Responsive, biodegradable and fast self-healing polyurethane hydrogel based on microdomain-closed dynamic bonds design

J Wen, Z Jia, X Zhang, M Pan, J Yuan, L Zhu - Materials Today …, 2020 - Elsevier
Self-healing versatile polyurethane (PU) hydrogel is a class of appealing material, which is
by reason of its broadening application prospects such as in tissue engineering, drug …

Mechanism insight on drug skin delivery from polyurethane hydrogels: Roles of molecular mobility and intermolecular interaction

S Zhang, C Liu, D Yang, J Ruan, Z Luo, P Quan… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Though polyurethane (PU) hydrogel had great potential in topical drug delivery system, drug
skin delivery behavior from hydrogel and the underlying molecular mechanism were still …

[HTML][HTML] ROS-degradable PEG-based wound dressing films with drug release and antibacterial properties

CTB Paula, AB Madeira, P Pereira, R Branco… - European Polymer …, 2022 - Elsevier
The management of burn wounds remains a challenge in clinical practice. The need for
constant dressing changes results in painful treatments that can be minimized by the use of …

Development of light-degradable poly (urethane-urea) hydrogel films

CTB Paula, P Pereira, JFJ Coelho, AC Fonseca… - Materials Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Biocompatible hydrogels are exciting platforms that have stood out in recent years for their
outstanding potential for biomedical applications. For these applications, the ability of the …

Thermoresponsive, stretchable, biodegradable and biocompatible poly (glycerol sebacate)-based polyurethane hydrogels

M Frydrych, S Román, NH Green, S MacNeil… - Polymer …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Thermoresponsive, stretchable, biodegradable and biocompatible polyester-based
polyurethane (PEU) hydrogels, based on poly (glycerol sebacate) pre-polymer and poly …

Intramolecular Hydrogen Bonds in Low‐Molecular‐Weight Polyethylene Glycol

M Kozlowska, J Goclon, P Rodziewicz - ChemPhysChem, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
We used static DFT calculations to analyze, in detail, the intramolecular hydrogen bonds
formed in low‐molecular‐weight polyethylene glycol (PEG) with two to five repeat subunits …