Extrusion 3D printing of polymeric materials with advanced properties

Z Jiang, B Diggle, ML Tan, J Viktorova… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract 3D printing is a rapidly growing technology that has an enormous potential to
impact a wide range of industries such as engineering, art, education, medicine, and …

Transformer hydrogels: a review

O Erol, A Pantula, W Liu… - Advanced Materials …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrogels, which are hydrophilic soft porous networks, are an important class of materials of
broad relevance to bioanalytical chemistry, soft‐robotics, drug delivery, and regenerative …

Strong, self‐healable, and recyclable visible‐light‐responsive hydrogel actuators

Z Jiang, ML Tan, M Taheri, Q Yan, T Tsuzuki… - Angewandte …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The most pressing challenges for light‐driven hydrogel actuators include reliance on UV
light, slow response, poor mechanical properties, and limited functionalities. Now, a …

Strong, ultrafast, reprogrammable hydrogel actuators with muscle-mimetic aligned fibrous structures

Z Jiang, SM Seraji, X Tan, X Zhang, T Dinh… - Chemistry of …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Hydrogel actuators displaying programmable shape transformations promise to be core
components in future biomedical and soft robotic devices. However, current hydrogel …

Tough, Self‐Healing Hydrogels Capable of Ultrafast Shape Changing

Z Jiang, B Diggle, ICG Shackleford… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Achieving multifunctional shape‐changing hydrogels with synergistic and engineered
material properties is highly desirable for their expanding applications, yet remains an …

Ultra‐Soft Organogel Artificial Muscles Exhibiting High Power Density, Large Stroke, Fast Response and Long‐Term Durability in Air

Z Jiang, BBA Abbasi, S Aloko, F Mokhtari… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Polymeric gel‐based artificial muscles exhibiting tissue‐matched Young's modulus (10 Pa–
1 MPa) promise to be core components in future soft machines with inherently safe human …

Multi-stimuli-responsive hydrogels and their medical applications

A Pourjavadi, R Heydarpour, ZM Tehrani - New Journal of Chemistry, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The functionality of multi-stimuli-responsive hydrogels in physiological states is the reason
for the increased attention of hydrogels nowadays. Multi-stimuli-responsive hydrogels …

Engineering bioactive synthetic polymers for biomedical applications: A review with emphasis on tissue engineering and controlled release

EJ Bolívar-Monsalve, MM Alvarez, S Hosseini… - Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Synthetic polymers (SyPs) have found many relevant applications niches in biomedical
engineering. Their mechanical properties, defined chemical structure, batch to batch …

Smart polymers for microscale machines

L Tan, AC Davis, DJ Cappelleri - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Microscale machines are able to perform a number of tasks like micromanipulation, drug‐
delivery, and noninvasive surgery. In particular, microscale polymer machines that can …

Programmed multiresponsive hydrogel assemblies with light‐tunable mechanical properties, actuation, and fluorescence

D Lu, M Zhu, S Wu, Q Lian, W Wang… - Advanced Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Fabrication strategies for programmed hydrogels that provide precise spatial control with
predetermined responses to external stimuli are highly desirable. In this study, a partially …