Recent advances in injectable hydrogels for controlled and local drug delivery

F Rizzo, NS Kehr - Advanced healthcare materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Injectable hydrogels have received considerable interest in the biomedical field due to their
potential applications in minimally invasive local drug delivery, more precise implantation …

Biocompatibility of hydrogel-based scaffolds for tissue engineering applications

S Naahidi, M Jafari, M Logan, Y Wang, Y Yuan… - Biotechnology …, 2017 - Elsevier
Recently, understanding of the extracellular matrix (ECM) has expanded rapidly due to the
accessibility of cellular and molecular techniques and the growing potential and value for …

Mechanically and electronically robust transparent organohydrogel fibers

J Song, S Chen, L Sun, Y Guo, L Zhang… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Stretchable conductive fibers are key elements for next‐generation flexible electronics. Most
existing conductive fibers are electron‐based, opaque, relatively rigid, and show a …

Supramolecular hydrogelators and hydrogels: from soft matter to molecular biomaterials

X Du, J Zhou, J Shi, B Xu - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
In this review we intend to provide a relatively comprehensive summary of the work of
supramolecular hydrogelators after 2004 and to put emphasis particularly on the …

Hydrogels in a historical perspective: From simple networks to smart materials

SJ Buwalda, KWM Boere, PJ Dijkstra, J Feijen… - Journal of controlled …, 2014 - Elsevier
Over the past decades, significant progress has been made in the field of hydrogels as
functional biomaterials. Biomedical application of hydrogels was initially hindered by the …

The thiol-Michael addition click reaction: a powerful and widely used tool in materials chemistry

DP Nair, M Podgorski, S Chatani, T Gong… - Chemistry of …, 2014 - ACS Publications
The key attribute of the thiol-Michael addition reaction that makes it a prized tool in materials
science is its modular “click” nature, which allows for the implementation of this highly …

Hydrogel scaffolds for differentiation of adipose-derived stem cells

Q Huang, Y Zou, MC Arno, S Chen, T Wang… - Chemical Society …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Natural extracellular matrices (ECMs) have been widely used as a support for the adhesion,
migration, differentiation, and proliferation of adipose-derived stem cells (ADSCs). However …

[HTML][HTML] Thiolated polymeric hydrogels for biomedical application: Cross-linking mechanisms

S Summonte, GF Racaniello, A Lopedota… - Journal of Controlled …, 2021 - Elsevier
This review focuses on the synthesis of hydrogel networks using thiomers such as thiolated
hyaluronic acid, chitosan, cyclodextrin, poly (ethylene glycol) and dextran that are cross …

Click hydrogels, microgels and nanogels: Emerging platforms for drug delivery and tissue engineering

Y Jiang, J Chen, C Deng, EJ Suuronen, Z Zhong - Biomaterials, 2014 - Elsevier
Hydrogels, microgels and nanogels have emerged as versatile and viable platforms for
sustained protein release, targeted drug delivery, and tissue engineering due to excellent …

Achieving controlled biomolecule–biomaterial conjugation

CD Spicer, ET Pashuck, MM Stevens - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
The conjugation of biomolecules can impart materials with the bioactivity necessary to
modulate specific cell behaviors. While the biological roles of particular polypeptide …