Bioinspired marine antifouling coatings: Status, prospects, and future

H Jin, L Tian, W Bing, J Zhao, L Ren - Progress in Materials Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Marine biofouling has negatively affected human sailing since ancient times. Traditional
antifouling coatings were banned worldwide in 2003 due to their toxicity towards nontarget …

Translational applications of hydrogels

S Correa, AK Grosskopf, H Lopez Hernandez… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Advances in hydrogel technology have unlocked unique and valuable capabilities that are
being applied to a diverse set of translational applications. Hydrogels perform functions …

Multifunctional antimicrobial materials: From rational design to biomedical applications

S Duan, R Wu, YH Xiong, HM Ren, C Lei… - Progress in Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
Though the history of mankind, we are strongly fighting with infected diseases that are
induced by bacteria, fungi, viruses, and other pathogens. Although a variety of medicines …

Functional hydrogel coatings

J Liu, S Qu, Z Suo, W Yang - National Science Review, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Hydrogels—natural or synthetic polymer networks that swell in water—can be made
mechanically, chemically and electrically compatible with living tissues. There has been …

Aliphatic polycarbonates from cyclic carbonate monomers and their application as biomaterials

W Yu, E Maynard, V Chiaradia, MC Arno… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Aliphatic polycarbonates have gained increased attention as biomaterials largely owing to
their biocompatibility and tunable degradation. Moreover, the ability to introduce functional …

Mussel‐inspired hydrogels for self‐adhesive bioelectronics

C Xie, X Wang, H He, Y Ding… - Advanced Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Wearable and implantable bioelectronics are receiving a great deal of attention because
they offer huge promise in personalized healthcare. Currently available bioelectronics …

Antibacterial hydrogels

S Li, S Dong, W Xu, S Tu, L Yan, C Zhao… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Antibacterial materials are recognized as important biomaterials due to their effective
inhibition of bacterial infections. Hydrogels are 3D polymer networks crosslinked by either …

Strong surface hydration and salt resistant mechanism of a new nonfouling zwitterionic polymer based on protein stabilizer TMAO

H Huang, C Zhang, R Crisci, T Lu… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Zwitterionic polymers exhibit excellent nonfouling performance due to their strong surface
hydrations. However, salt molecules may severely reduce the surface hydrations of typical …

Injectable antibacterial conductive hydrogels with dual response to an electric field and pH for localized “smart” drug release

J Qu, X Zhao, PX Ma, B Guo - Acta biomaterialia, 2018 - Elsevier
Injectable hydrogels with multistimuli responsiveness to electrical field and pH as a drug
delivery system have been rarely reported. Herein, we developed a series of injectable …

Antimicrobial hydrogels: promising materials for medical application

K Yang, Q Han, B Chen, Y Zheng, K Zhang… - International journal …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
The rapid emergence of antibiotic resistance in pathogenic microbes is becoming an
imminent global public health problem. Local application of antibiotics might be a solution. In …