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Tough, Stretchable, and Thermoresponsive Smart Hydrogels
Gels, 2023 Self-healing, thermoresponsive hydrogels with a triple network (TN) were obtained by copolymerizing N-isopropyl acryl amide (NiPAAm) with polyvinyl alkohol (PVA) functionalized with methacrylic acid and N,N′-methylene bis(acryl amide) crosslinker in the ...
Yi Luo, Werner Pauer, Gerrit A. Luinstra
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Instantaneous Degelling Thermoresponsive Hydrogel [PDF]
Gels, 2021 Responsive polymeric hydrogels have found wide application in the clinic as injectable, biocompatible, and biodegradable materials capable of controlled release of therapeutics. In this article, we introduce a thermoresponsive polymer hydrogel bearing covalent disulfide bonds.
Noam Y. Steinman, Abraham J. Domb
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Dynamically crosslinked thermoresponsive granular hydrogels
Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A, 2023 AbstractGranular hydrogels are a promising biomaterial for a wide range of biomedical applications, including tissue regeneration, drug/cell delivery, and 3D printing. These granular hydrogels are created by assembling microgels through the jamming process.
Hung‐Pang Lee +7 more
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Bioinspired Thermoresponsive Xyloglucan–Cellulose Nanocrystal Hydrogels [PDF]
Biomacromolecules, 2020 Thermoresponsive hydrogels present unique properties, such as tunable mechanical performance or changes in volume, which make them attractive for applications including wound healing dressings, drug delivery vehicles, and implants, among others. This work reports the implementation of bioinspired thermoresponsive hydrogels composed of xyloglucan (XG ...
Talantikite, Malika +7 more
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Pharmaceutics, 2023 The thermoresponsive drug-loaded hydrogels have attracted widespread interest in the field of medical applications due to their ease of delivery to structurally complex tissue defects.
Chun-Cheng Chen +5 more
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Thermoresponsive hydrogels in biomedical applications [PDF]
European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics, 2008 Environmentally responsive hydrogels have the ability to turn from solution to gel when a specific stimulus is applied. Thermoresponsive hydrogels utilize temperature change as the trigger that determines their gelling behavior without any additional external factor.
Leda, Klouda, Antonios G, Mikos
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Scientific Reports, 2023 To compare the effects of two decellularization protocols on the characteristics of fabricated COrnea Matrix (COMatrix) hydrogels. Porcine corneas were decellularized with Detergent (De) or Freeze–Thaw (FT)-based protocols.
Ghasem Yazdanpanah +8 more
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Gels, 2022 The unique photomotion of azo materials under irradiation has been in the focus of research for decades and has been expanded to different classes of solids such as polymeric glasses, liquid crystalline materials, and elastomers.
Thorben G. Jaik +6 more
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Thermoresponsive nanocomposite double network hydrogels [PDF]
Soft Matter, 2012 The utility and efficacy of thermoresponsive poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAAm) hydrogels as smart materials is limited by their physical properties. In this study, we sought to design PNIPAAm nanocomposite hydrogels which displayed enhanced mechanical properties as well as deswelling-reswelling kinetics but without reducing equilibrium swelling or ...
Ruochong, Fei +3 more
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Microgripper Using Soft Microactuators for Manipulation of Living Cells
Micromachines, 2022 We present a microgripper actuated by a soft microactuator for manipulating a single living cell. Soft actuators have attracted attention in recent years because their compliance which can adapt to soft targets.
Shunnosuke Kodera +3 more
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