Recent advances in the development and antimicrobial applications of metal–phenolic networks

Y Li, Y Miao, L Yang, Y Zhao, K Wu, Z Lu… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Due to the abuse of antibiotics and the emergence of multidrug resistant microorganisms,
medical devices, and related biomaterials are at high risk of microbial infection during use …

Phenolic building blocks for the assembly of functional materials

MA Rahim, SL Kristufek, S Pan… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Phenolic materials have long been known for their use in inks, wood coatings, and leather
tanning. However, there has recently been a renewed interest in engineering advanced …

Mussel-inspired cellulose nanocomposite tough hydrogels with synergistic self-healing, adhesive, and strain-sensitive properties

C Shao, M Wang, L Meng, H Chang, B Wang… - Chemistry of …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The remarkable progress in efforts to prepare conductive self-healing hydrogels mimicking
human skin's functions has been witnessed in recent years. However, it remains a great …

Natural polyphenols as versatile platforms for material engineering and surface functionalization

LQ Xu, KG Neoh, ET Kang - Progress in Polymer Science, 2018 - Elsevier
Polyphenols, the ubiquitous secondary metabolites of plants, are an important part of human
diet and are essential for plant functions. They have attracted considerable interest due to …

Engineering functional mesoporous materials from plant polyphenol based coordination polymers

Y Feng, P Li, J Wei - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
The conversion of metal–organic hybrids (eg, metal–organic frameworks) into functional
nanoporous materials has attracted intensive attention because nanoporous materials show …

Recent advances in metal‐phenolic networks for cancer theranostics

Z Zhang, L Xie, Y Ju, Y Dai - Small, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Nanomedicine integrates different functional materials to realize the customization of
carriers, aiming at increasing the cancer therapeutic efficacy and reducing the off‐target …

Mimicking dynamic adhesiveness and strain-stiffening behavior of biological tissues in tough and self-healable cellulose nanocomposite hydrogels

C Shao, L Meng, M Wang, C Cui, B Wang… - … applied materials & …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Although self-healing gels with structural resemblance to biological tissues attract great
attention in biomedical fields, it remains a dilemma for combination between fast self-healing …

Plant‐inspired pyrogallol‐containing functional materials

M Shin, E Park, H Lee - Advanced functional materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Pyrogallol‐containing molecules are ubiquitous in the plant kingdom. The chemical
synthesis of these molecules remains challenging. Thus, they are obtained via purification …

Wearable hydrogel‐based epidermal sensor with thermal compatibility and long term stability for smart colorimetric multi‐signals monitoring

F Han, X Xie, T Wang, C Cao, J Li, T Sun… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrogel‐based wearable epidermal sensors (HWESs) have attracted widespread attention
in health monitoring, especially considering their colorimetric readout capability. However, it …

Modular assembly of biomaterials using polyphenols as building blocks

J Guo, T Suma, JJ Richardson… - ACS Biomaterials Science …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Polyphenols are building blocks with many advantages for engineering biomaterials
because they are abundant in nature, biocompatible, biodegradable, and capable of …