Expanding the scope of gels–combining polymers with low-molecular-weight gelators to yield modified self-assembling smart materials with high-tech applications

DJ Cornwell, DK Smith - Materials Horizons, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Combining low molecular weight gelators (LMWGs) with polymers is a broad yet relatively
recent field, in a phase of rapid expansion and with huge potential for exploitation. This …

Application status and technical analysis of chitosan-based medical dressings: A review

S Zhang, J Li, J Li, N Du, D Li, F Li, J Man - RSC advances, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Chitosan has wide applications in the field of medical dressings due to its good biomedical
properties. This review provides the application status and technical analysis of chitosan …

Rapid and superior bacteria killing of carbon quantum dots/ZnO decorated injectable folic acid‐conjugated PDA hydrogel through dual‐light triggered ROS and …

Y Xiang, C Mao, X Liu, Z Cui, D Jing, X Yang, Y Liang… - Small, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
One of the most difficult challenges in the biomedical field is bacterial infection, which
causes tremendous harm to human health. In this work, an injectable hydrogel is …

Nanoengineered peptide‐based antimicrobial conductive supramolecular biomaterial for cardiac tissue engineering

P Chakraborty, H Oved, D Bychenko, Y Yao… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Owing to their dynamic nature and ordered architecture, supramolecular materials strikingly
resemble organic components of living systems. Although short‐peptide self‐assembled …

Immunomodulatory fibrous hyaluronic acid‐Fmoc‐diphenylalanine‐based hydrogel induces bone regeneration

M Halperin‐Sternfeld, A Pokhojaev… - Journal of Clinical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To investigate the potential of an ultrashort aromatic peptide hydrogelator integrated
with hyaluronic acid (HA) to serve as a scaffold for bone regeneration. Materials and …

Injectable alginate-peptide composite hydrogel as a scaffold for bone tissue regeneration

M Ghosh, M Halperin-Sternfeld, I Grinberg… - Nanomaterials, 2019 - mdpi.com
The high demand for tissue engineering scaffolds capable of inducing bone regeneration
using minimally invasive techniques prompts the need for the development of new …

A facile preparation method for new two-component supramolecular hydrogels and their performances in adsorption, catalysis, and stimuli-response

J Zhu, R Wang, R Geng, X Zhang, F Wang, T Jiao… - RSC …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
In this study, we prepared a novel multifunctional two-component supramolecular hydrogel
(TG hydrogel) via two organic molecules in ethanol/water mixed solvents. In addition, we …

Folic acid-polyaniline hybrid hydrogel for adsorption/reduction of chromium (VI) and selective adsorption of anionic dye from water

S Das, P Chakraborty, R Ghosh, S Paul… - ACS Sustainable …, 2017 - ACS Publications
A porous 3D folic acid (F)-polyaniline (PANI) hybrid hydrogel (F-PANI), produced by in situ
polymerization of aniline, exhibit highest compressive stress (15.1 kPa), 3D hierarchical …

Coordination-triggered hierarchical folate/zinc supramolecular hydrogels leading to printable biomaterials

K Liu, S Zang, R Xue, J Yang, L Wang… - … applied materials & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Printable hydrogels desired in bioengineering have extremely high demands on
biocompatibility and mechanic strength, which can hardly be achieved in conventional …

A nanocellulose-based platform towards targeted chemo-photodynamic/photothermal cancer therapy

TTA Do, S Grijalvo, T Imae, MJ Garcia-Celma… - Carbohydrate …, 2021 - Elsevier
Cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) have advantages as drug delivery carriers because of their
biocompatibility and the presence of hydroxyl groups which favor chemical modification and …