Bio-inspired anisotropic hydrogels and their applications in soft actuators and robots

Z Chen, H Wang, Y Cao, Y Chen, O Akkus, H Liu… - Matter, 2023 - cell.com
Hydrogels offer great potential for the development of soft actuators and robots owing to their
water-rich structures, remarkable biocompatibility, and responsiveness to various stimuli …

Construction, characterization, properties and multifunctional applications of stimuli-responsive shape memory polymeric nanoarchitectures: a review

CI Idumah, RS Odera, EO Ezeani, JH Low… - Polymer-Plastics …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Due to the advent of nanotechnology, deficiencies and limitations inherent in stimuli-
responsive shape memory polymeric matrices (SMP), have been effectively mitigated …

Nanocellulose-mediated bilayer hydrogel actuators with thermo-responsive, shape memory and self-sensing performances

Y Ma, Y Lu, Y Yue, S He, S Jiang, C Mei, X Xu… - Carbohydrate …, 2024 - Elsevier
Inspired by creatures, abundant stimulus-responsive hydrogel actuators with diverse
functionalities have been manufactured for applications in soft robotics. However …

Materials and Strategies to Enhance Melt Electrowriting Potential

PG Saiz, A Reizabal, JL Vilas‐Vilela… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Melt electrowriting (MEW) is an emerging additive manufacturing (AM) technology that
enables the precise deposition of continuous polymeric microfibers, allowing for the creation …

Towards the sustainable production of biomass-derived materials with smart functionality: a tutorial review

R Wang, Y Feng, D Li, K Li, Y Yan - Green Chemistry, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
To meet the ever-increasing demand for the continuous development of human society and
carbon neutralization, biomass has been demonstrated to be a pluripotent and powerful …

A tough shape memory hydrogel strain sensor based on gelatin grafted polypyrrole

H Qie, Z Wang, J Ren, S Lü, M Liu - Polymer, 2022 - Elsevier
Developing shape memory hydrogel strain sensors with both high mechanical property and
stable electrical performance is a challenge. Here, a hydrogel based on gelatin was …

Digital Light Processing 4D Printing of Poloxamer Micelles for Facile Fabrication of Multifunctional Biocompatible Hydrogels as Tailored Wearable Sensors

W Shi, S Jang, MA Kuss, OA Alimi, B Liu, J Palik… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The lack of both digital light processing (DLP) compatible and biocompatible photopolymers,
along with inappropriate material properties required for wearable sensor applications …

Magneto‐Enzymatic Microgels for Precise Hydrogel Sculpturing

MC Mendes, JA Pereira, AS Silva… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The inclusion of hollow channels in tissue‐engineered hydrogels is crucial for mimicking the
natural physiological conditions and facilitating the delivery of nutrients and oxygen to cells …

A Supramolecular Injectable Methacryloyl Chitosan‐Tricine‐Based Hydrogel with 3D Printing Potential for Tissue Engineering Applications

PMS Ouro, DCS Costa, AJR Amaral… - Macromolecular …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Printable hydrogels have attracted significant attention as versatile, tunable, and
spatiotemporally controlled biomaterials for tissue engineering (TE) applications. Several …

Green approaches for extraction, chemical modification and processing of marine polysaccharides for biomedical applications

MMA Sacramento, J Borges, FJS Correia… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Over the past few decades, natural-origin polysaccharides have received increasing
attention across different fields of application, including biomedicine and biotechnology …