Soft materials by design: unconventional polymer networks give extreme properties

X Zhao, X Chen, H Yuk, S Lin, X Liu… - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Hydrogels are polymer networks infiltrated with water. Many biological hydrogels in animal
bodies such as muscles, heart valves, cartilages, and tendons possess extreme mechanical …

Polymeric tissue adhesives

S Nam, D Mooney - Chemical reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Polymeric tissue adhesives provide versatile materials for wound management and are
widely used in a variety of medical settings ranging from minor to life-threatening tissue …

Functional silk fibroin hydrogels: preparation, properties and applications

H Zheng, B Zuo - Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Over the past decade, the hydrogels prepared from silk fibroin have received immense
research attention due to the advantages of safe nature, biocompatibility, controllable …

Biomedical applications of hydrogels in drug delivery system: An update

P Kesharwani, A Bisht, A Alexander, V Dave… - Journal of Drug Delivery …, 2021 - Elsevier
Conventional drug delivery system generally deals with the issues involving repeated
dosing and systemic toxicities. Since few decades, hydrogels have played a significant role …

Acrylic acid/acrylamide based hydrogels and its properties-A review

G Sennakesavan, M Mostakhdemin, LK Dkhar… - Polymer Degradation …, 2020 - Elsevier
Hydrogels are among the well-liked biomaterials due to their biocompatibility and non-toxic
properties which can be used in various applications in the field of engineering and …

Ultra elastic, stretchable, self-healing conductive hydrogels with tunable optical properties for highly sensitive soft electronic sensors

M Wu, J Chen, Y Ma, B Yan, M Pan, Q Peng… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Conductive hydrogels are of great significance for soft electronic devices. However, the
intrinsically weak nature, lack of fatigue resistance and self-healing capability, and the …

Specialty tough hydrogels and their biomedical applications

S Fuchs, K Shariati, M Ma - Advanced healthcare materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrogels have long been explored as attractive materials for biomedical applications given
their outstanding biocompatibility, high water content, and versatile fabrication platforms into …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in supramolecular hydrogels for biomedical applications

JYC Lim, Q Lin, K Xue, XJ Loh - Materials Today Advances, 2019 - Elsevier
Supramolecular hydrogels held together by non-covalent interactions such as electrostatics,
hydrogen bonding, and hydrophobic forces are among the most promising soft material …

A review on cellulose nanocrystals as promising biocompounds for the synthesis of nanocomposite hydrogels

J Shojaeiarani, D Bajwa, A Shirzadifar - Carbohydrate polymers, 2019 - Elsevier
Hydrogels are hydrophilic cross-linked polymer networks formed via the simple reaction of
one or more monomers with the ability to retain a significant extent of water. Owing to an …

Graphene oxide-incorporated hydrogels for biomedical applications

J Yi, G Choe, J Park, JY Lee - Polymer Journal, 2020 - nature.com
Graphene and graphene derivatives (eg, graphene oxide (GO)) have been incorporated into
hydrogels to improve the properties (eg, mechanical strength) of conventional hydrogels …