Small‐Scale Robotics with Tailored Wettability

B Wang, S Handschuh‐Wang, J Shen… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Small‐scale robots (SSRs) have emerged as promising and versatile tools in various
biomedical, sensing, decontamination, and manipulation applications, as they are uniquely …

Recent advances in stimuli-responsive antibacterial coatings: Bacteria-killing and releasing mechanism, design strategies, and potential applications

T Zhang, Q Liu, F Meng, Y Hou, MKH Leung… - Progress in Organic …, 2024 - Elsevier
A variety of smart antibacterial antifouling strategies have been developed to prevent
bacterial contamination of biological surfaces which function by reducing bacterial …

Gradient adhesive hydrogel decorated superhydrophilic membranes for ultra‐stable oil/water separation

S Gao, J Chen, Y Zheng, A Wang… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrogels are excellent for protecting membranes from oil fouling for oil/water separation.
However, conventional hydrogels including adhesive hydrogels have a contradictory …

Successive redox‐reaction‐triggered interface radical polymerization for growing hydrogel coatings on diverse substrates

Y Zhang, R Xu, W Zhao, X Zhao, L Zhang… - Angewandte …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Growing lubricating hydrogel coatings in controllable manners on diverse material surfaces
demonstrates promising applications. Here, a surface modification method is reported for in …

Bilayer hydrogels with low friction and high load-bearing capacity by mimicking the oriented hierarchical structure of cartilage

Q Chen, X Zhang, K Chen, C Feng… - … Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Natural articular cartilages exhibit extraordinary lubricating properties and excellent load-
bearing capacity based on their penetrated surface lubricated biomacromolecules and …

Cartilage-inspired hydrogel with mechanical adaptability, controllable lubrication, and inflammation regulation abilities

P Yu, Y Li, H Sun, X Ke, J Xing, Y Zhao… - … Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Cartilage is a key component in joints because of its load-bearing and lubricating abilities.
However, osteoarthritis often leads to afunction of load-bearing/lubrication and occurrence …

A Temperature‐Sensing Hydrogel Coating on The Medical Catheter

Y Li, D Li, J Wang, T Ye, Q Li, L Li… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Medical surgical catheters are widely used in the medical field for drug delivery or
postoperative drainage. However, infections associated with local temperature rise often …

[HTML][HTML] A polyzwitterion-based antifouling and flexible bilayer hydrogel coating

X Wang, J Wang, Y Yu, L Yu, Y Wang, K Ren… - Composites Part B …, 2022 - Elsevier
A coating of implanted medical devices with antifouling ability, preferable mechanical
property and stability in the physiological environment proves beneficial for their clinical use …

Interface engineering induced charge rearrangement boosting reversible oxygen electrocatalysis activity of heterogeneous FeCo-MnO@ N-doped carbon nanobox

Y Ye, L Zhang, Q Zhu, Z Du, T Wågberg… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The advancement of bifunctional oxygen catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and
oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is imperative yet challenging for the optimization of Zn-air …

Vertical and Horizontal Double Gradient Design for Super‐Slippery and High‐Bearing Hydrogel Skeleton

Z Zhang, Y Ma, B Yu, S Ma, H Yang… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrogels with excellent hydrophilicity, high water content, outstanding biocompatibility, and
lubrication properties are among the promising articular cartilage replacement materials …