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3D-Printed Hydrogels from Natural Polymers for Biomedical Applications: Conventional Fabrication Methods, Current Developments, Advantages, and Challenges

Gels
Hydrogels are network polymers with high water-bearing capacity resembling the extracellular matrix. Recently, many studies have focused on synthesizing hydrogels from natural sources as they are biocompatible, biodegradable, and readily available ...
Berk Uysal, Ujith S. K. Madduma-Bandarage, Hasani G. Jayasinghe, Sundar Madihally   +3 more
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Dynamic Hydrogels in Breast Tumor Models

Gels
Fabricating breast tumor models that mimic the natural breast tissue-like microenvironment (normal or cancerous) both physically and bio-metabolically, despite extended research, is still a challenge.
Girdhari Rijal, In-Woo Park
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Effects of Emulsion Concentration on Physicochemical Properties of AOP/WPC Cold Set Emulsion-filled Hydrogels

Shipin gongye ke-ji
Emulsion-filled hydrogels had the advantages of emulsions and hydrogels. In this study, Pickering emulsions were embedded into a pre-AOP and WPC hydrogel polymer solution, which were subsequently gelatinized to form cold set emulsion-filled hydrogels to ...
Miaomiao SONG, Junhui WANG
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Development of Gallic Acid-Modified Hydrogels Using Interpenetrating Chitosan Network and Evaluation of Their Antioxidant Activity

Molecules, 2017
In this work, antioxidant hydrogels were prepared by the construction of an interpenetrating chitosan network and functionalization with gallic acid. The poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) p(HEMA)-based hydrogels were first synthesized and subsequently ...
Byungman Kang, Temmy Pegarro Vales, Byoung-Ki Cho, Jong-Ki Kim, Ho-Joong Kim   +4 more
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Thermo-responsive, injectable, conductive, adhesive, and antibacterial hydrogel as wound dressings based on silver nanowires reinforced poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)/alginate

Materials & Design
Wound healing can be promoted by using hydrogel dressings with multiple functions, including antimicrobial effects, antioxidant activity, and conductivity. Notably, the injectability and temperature-responsive properties of the hydrogels facilitate their
Lei Nie, Yuanyuan Lu, Yingsong Zhao, Xiaoyue Ding, Han Zhang, Wei Guo, Zhongqiu Li, Shengli Jing, Peng Ding, Yanting Han, Jianghai Chen   +10 more
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Developing conductive hydrogels for biomedical applications

Smart Medicine
Conductive hydrogels have attracted copious attention owing to their grateful performances, such as similarity to biological tissues, compliance, conductivity and biocompatibility.
Yu Wang, Jiahui Guo, Xinyue Cao, Yuanjin Zhao   +3 more
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Self‐Healing Hydrogels: The Next Paradigm Shift in Tissue Engineering?

Advanced Science, 2019
Given their durability and long‐term stability, self‐healable hydrogels have, in the past few years, emerged as promising replacements for the many brittle hydrogels currently being used in preclinical or clinical trials. To this end, the incompatibility
Sepehr Talebian, Mehdi Mehrali, Nayere Taebnia, Cristian Pablo Pennisi, Firoz Babu Kadumudi, Javad Foroughi, Masoud Hasany, Mehdi Nikkhah, Mohsen Akbari, Gorka Orive, Alireza Dolatshahi‐Pirouz   +10 more
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Investigation of Tannic Acid Crosslinked PVA/PEI-Based Hydrogels as Potential Wound Dressings with Self-Healing and High Antibacterial Properties

Gels
This study developed hydrogels containing different ratios of TA using polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and polyethyleneimine (PEI) polymers crosslinked with tannic acid (TA) for the treatment of burn wounds.
Nimet Rumeysa Karakuş, Serbülent Türk, Gamze Guney Eskiler, Marat Syzdykbayev, Nurbol O. Appazov, Mahmut Özacar   +5 more
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Rational Design of Self-Healing Hydrogel with High Mechanical Strength and Self-Healing Efficiency: A Short Review

Gels
Self-healing hydrogels, a novel class of “smart” hydrogels, possess the ability to autonomously restore their network structure and mechanical properties following damage through the reconnection of a fractured three-dimensional network via reversible ...
Xiaogang Yu, Jinxin Huang, Fang Yang, Jinbo Li   +3 more
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In Situ Formation of Silver Nanoparticles-Containing Gallic Acid-Conjugated Chitosan Hydrogels as Antimicrobial Tissue Adhesive Materials

Biomimetics
Antimicrobial hydrogels have attracted considerable attention for wound treatment due to the major clinical challenges of bacterial infections, which lead to delayed tissue regeneration and chronic inflammation.
Se-ah Kim, Da Han Hyun, Ji Hyun Ryu
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