Stimuli‐responsive nanocomposite hydrogels for biomedical applications

P Lavrador, MR Esteves, VM Gaspar… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The complex tissue‐specific physiology that is orchestrated from the nano‐to the
macroscale, in conjugation with the dynamic biophysical/biochemical stimuli underlying …

Electrospun medicated nanofibers for wound healing

X Liu, H Xu, M Zhang, DG Yu - Membranes, 2021 - mdpi.com
With the increasing demand for wound care and treatment worldwide, traditional dressings
have been unable to meet the needs of the existing market due to their limited antibacterial …

Topical antimicrobial peptide formulations for wound healing: Current developments and future prospects

RK Thapa, DB Diep, HH Tønnesen - Acta biomaterialia, 2020 - Elsevier
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are the natural antibiotics recognized for their potent
antibacterial and wound healing properties. Bare AMPs have limited activity following topical …

Poly (N-isopropylacrylamide)-based thermoresponsive composite hydrogels for biomedical applications

X Xu, Y Liu, W Fu, M Yao, Z Ding, J Xuan, D Li, S Wang… - Polymers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Poly (N-isopropylacrylamide)(PNIPAM)-based thermosensitive hydrogels demonstrate great
potential in biomedical applications. However, they have inherent drawbacks such as low …

New developments in medical applications of hybrid hydrogels containing natural polymers

C Vasile, D Pamfil, E Stoleru, M Baican - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
New trends in biomedical applications of the hybrid polymeric hydrogels, obtained by
combining natural polymers with synthetic ones, have been reviewed …

Honey: An advanced antimicrobial and wound healing biomaterial for tissue engineering applications

J Yupanqui Mieles, C Vyas, E Aslan, G Humphreys… - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Honey was used in traditional medicine to treat wounds until the advent of modern medicine.
The rising global antibiotic resistance has forced the development of novel therapies as …

Hydrogel: Diversity of structures and applications in food science

J Li, X Jia, L Yin - Food Reviews International, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Hydrogels are a series of soft and wet materials with three dimensions of crosslinked
networks. Hydrogels have attracted great attention due to their diverse functional properties …

Status and future scope of hydrogels in wound healing: Synthesis, materials and evaluation

J Xiang, L Shen, Y Hong - European Polymer Journal, 2020 - Elsevier
The hydrogel wound dressing is an ideal wound treatment because of its excellent
biocompatibility, high moisture resistance and the ability to activate immune cells to speed …

Using chitosan, hyaluronic acid, alginate, and gelatin-based smart biological hydrogels for drug delivery in oral mucosal lesions: A review

N Samiraninezhad, K Asadi, H Rezazadeh… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Aims Oral mucosal diseases can lead to pain, difficulty speaking and eating, psychological
distress, and cancer. Topical drug delivery using biological macromolecules, specifically …

Recent advances in cellulose-based hydrogels for tissue engineering applications

C Chen, Y Xi, Y Weng - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
In recent years, cellulose has attracted much attention because of its excellent properties,
such as its hydrophilicity, mechanical properties, biodegradability, biocompatibility, low cost …