Self‐healing hydrogels: the next paradigm shift in tissue engineering?

S Talebian, M Mehrali, N Taebnia… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Given their durability and long‐term stability, self‐healable hydrogels have, in the past few
years, emerged as promising replacements for the many brittle hydrogels currently being …

Hydrogels based on Schiff base linkages for biomedical applications

J Xu, Y Liu, S Hsu - Molecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
Schiff base, an important family of reaction in click chemistry, has received significant
attention in the formation of self-healing hydrogels in recent years. Schiff base reversibly …

Recent advances in shear‐thinning and self‐healing hydrogels for biomedical applications

S Uman, A Dhand, JA Burdick - Journal of Applied Polymer …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Shear‐thinning and self‐healing hydrogels are being investigated in various biomedical
applications including drug delivery, tissue engineering, and 3D bioprinting. Such hydrogels …

Recent progress in PNIPAM-based multi-responsive actuators: A mini-review

J Liu, L Jiang, S He, J Zhang, W Shao - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022 - Elsevier
Hydrogels are water-absorbing materials with three-dimensional network structures.
Hydrogel actuators have heterogeneous structures and can respond to specific …

Advanced hydrogels for cartilage tissue engineering: recent progress and future directions

M Hafezi, S Nouri Khorasani, M Zare… - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Cartilage is a tension-and load-bearing tissue and has a limited capacity for intrinsic self-
healing. While microfracture and arthroplasty are the conventional methods for cartilage …

Functional thermoresponsive hydrogel molecule to material design for biomedical applications

S Pardeshi, F Damiri, M Zehravi, R Joshi, H Kapare… - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Temperature-induced, rapid changes in the viscosity and reproducible 3-D structure
formation makes thermos-sensitive hydrogels an ideal delivery system to act as a cell …

Improved drug delivery and accelerated diabetic wound healing by chondroitin sulfate grafted alginate-based thermoreversible hydrogels

SA Shah, M Sohail, SA Khan, M Kousar - Materials Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Injectable hydrogels with multifunctional tunable properties comprising biocompatibility, anti-
oxidative, anti-bacterial, and/or anti-infection are highly preferred to efficiently promote …

Degradable Self‐healable Networks for Use in Biomedical Applications

M Grosjean, L Gangolphe… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Among biomaterials, 3D networks with capacities to absorb and retain large quantities of
water (hydrogels) or withstand significant deformation and stress while recovering their …

Ultrafast thermo-responsive bilayer hydrogel actuator assisted by hydrogel microspheres

J Liu, L Jiang, A Liu, S He, W Shao - Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2022 - Elsevier
Extensive attention is focused on layered hydrogel actuators, but realizing the fast bending
in short time is still a challenge. In this work, thermo-responsive bilayer hydrogel actuator …

Biomolecule-assisted synthesis of biomimetic nanocomposite hydrogel for hemostatic and wound healing applications

SK Das, T Parandhaman, MD Dey - Green Chemistry, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Hydrogels are water-rich structures formed by crosslinking of hydrophilic monomers. The
hydrophilic three-dimensional (3D) network structures mimic the extracellular matrix of …