Structure and activity of nanozymes: Inspirations for de novo design of nanozymes

Z Wang, R Zhang, X Yan, K Fan - Materials Today, 2020 - Elsevier
Nanozymes, nanomaterials with enzyme-like activities, are becoming powerful competitors
and potential substitutes for natural enzymes because of their excellent performance …

Hydrogels classification according to the physical or chemical interactions and as stimuli-sensitive materials

M Bustamante-Torres, D Romero-Fierro… - Gels, 2021 - mdpi.com
Hydrogels are attractive biomaterials with favorable characteristics due to their water uptake
capacity. However, hydrogel properties are determined by the cross-linking degree and …

Nanomaterials with enzyme-like characteristics (nanozymes): next-generation artificial enzymes (II)

J Wu, X Wang, Q Wang, Z Lou, S Li, Y Zhu… - Chemical Society …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Nanozymes are nanomaterials with enzyme-like characteristics (Chem. Soc. Rev., 2013, 42,
6060–6093). They have been developed to address the limitations of natural enzymes and …

[HTML][HTML] Iron oxide nanozyme: a multifunctional enzyme mimetic for biomedical applications

L Gao, K Fan, X Yan - Theranostics, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Iron oxide nanoparticles have been widely used in many important fields due to their
excellent nanoscale physical properties, such as magnetism/superparamagnetism. They are …

pH-responsive self-healing injectable hydrogel based on N-carboxyethyl chitosan for hepatocellular carcinoma therapy

J Qu, X Zhao, PX Ma, B Guo - Acta biomaterialia, 2017 - Elsevier
Injectable hydrogels with pH-responsiveness and self-healing ability have great potential for
anti-cancer drug delivery. Herein, we developed a series of polysaccharide-based self …

Injectable antibacterial conductive hydrogels with dual response to an electric field and pH for localized “smart” drug release

J Qu, X Zhao, PX Ma, B Guo - Acta biomaterialia, 2018 - Elsevier
Injectable hydrogels with multistimuli responsiveness to electrical field and pH as a drug
delivery system have been rarely reported. Herein, we developed a series of injectable …

Surface modification of nanozymes

B Liu, J Liu - Nano Research, 2017 - Springer
Nanoparticles and proteins are similar in a number of aspects, and using nanoparticles to
mimic the catalytic function of enzymes is an interesting yet challenging task. Impressive …

Status and future scope of hydrogels in wound healing: Synthesis, materials and evaluation

J Xiang, L Shen, Y Hong - European Polymer Journal, 2020 - Elsevier
The hydrogel wound dressing is an ideal wound treatment because of its excellent
biocompatibility, high moisture resistance and the ability to activate immune cells to speed …

Self-healing gels based on constitutional dynamic chemistry and their potential applications

Z Wei, JH Yang, J Zhou, F Xu, M Zrínyi… - Chemical Society …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
As representative soft materials with widespread applications, gels with various functions
have been developed. However, traditional gels are vulnerable to stress-induced formation …

Nanozymes in bionanotechnology: from sensing to therapeutics and beyond

X Wang, Y Hu, H Wei - Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
In the past few decades, researchers have developed lots of artificial enzymes with various
materials to mimic the structures and functions of natural enzymes. Recently, nanozymes …