Academic Insights and Future Prospects of Soft Robotics: Architecture, Material, Control and Application DOI
Mervin Joe Thomas, Santhakumar Mohan

Journal of the Indian Institute of Science, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Feb. 19, 2025

Language: Английский

The Role of Polysaccharide-based Biodegradable Soft Polymers in the Healthcare Sector DOI Creative Commons
Zia Ullah Arif

Advanced Industrial and Engineering Polymer Research, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: May 1, 2024

Bio-based polymers have garnered significant interest across the manufacturing industry, global economy, and various engineering disciplines such as packaging, tissue engineering, controlled drug delivery, wound dressing, textiles. In current era, bio-based polymers, notably polysaccharides, offer a promising platform for constructing intricate versatile structures in biomedical sector. These encompass applications regenerative medicine (TERM), delivery devices, coatings wearable sensors, thanks to their distinctive features inherent biocompatibility, flexibility, stretchability, mechanical strength, renewability, physiological activity, favorable biological environment. this review, we concise overview of diverse types polysaccharide-based composites, properties, interactions with specific cells tissues. The review encompasses recent progress scaffolds designed cartilage, skin, neural, vascular, cardiac, bone regeneration, employing both conventional modern techniques. Additionally, it delves into development other biodegradable including systems (DDSs), antibacterial on medical electronic devices healthcare Furthermore, also elucidates research directions future perspectives while emphasizing importance regulatory approvals commitment environmental sustainability. This well-organized critical is expected assist practitioners researchers gaining deeper understanding trends, challenges, potential solutions, thereby harnessing immense biomaterials system. utilization polysaccharides sector aligns principles nature, contributing reduction carbon dioxide emissions supporting Sustainable Development Goals United Nations.

Language: Английский

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Advancing Biomedical Frontiers with Functionalized Soybean Oil: Insights into Tissue Engineering and Drug Delivery DOI
Vafa Fakhri,

Atieh Janmaleki Dehchani,

Seyed Aref Davoudi

et al.

Journal of Polymers and the Environment, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 32(11), P. 5516 - 5543

Published: July 30, 2024

Language: Английский

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Shape-memory and self-healing properties of sustainable cellulosic nanofibers-based hybrid materials for novel applications DOI Creative Commons
Muhammad Yasir Khalid, Zia Ullah Arif, Ans Al Rashid

et al.

Giant, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 19, P. 100299 - 100299

Published: June 5, 2024

In the era of smart and sustainable technology driven by naturally occurring materials, various nanocellulose-based materials play a crucial role. Shape memory behaviour self-healing capabilities nanocelluloses are emerging as focal points in numerous research domains. Nanocellulose its derivatives such cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) nanofibers (CNF), currently limelight due to their excellent shape-memory properties, making them suitable for multifunctional devices. this regard, CNF, cutting-edge material, has spurred researchers explore potential developing contemporary personalized health Therefore, timely comprehensive review is essential gain deep insights into effectiveness CNF Herein, we first provide succinct introduction all nanocellulose materials. This also depicts recent advancements breakthroughs large effective synthesis CNF-based hybrid Next, focusing on performance, sheds new light advanced applications Finally, perspectives current challenges opportunities field summarized future an in-depth understanding "CNF-based materials."

Language: Английский

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16

Progress in hydrogel toughening: addressing structural and crosslinking challenges for biomedical applications DOI Creative Commons
Md. Mahamudul Hasan Rumon, Md. Sohanur Rahman, Anwarul Azim Akib

et al.

Discover Materials, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 5(1)

Published: Jan. 9, 2025

Achieving the ideal replacement for robust biological tissues requires biocompatible materials with a nuanced blend of characteristics, including organ specific toughness, durability, self-repairing capability, and well-defined structure. Hydrogels, structured high water containing 3D-crosslinked polymeric networks, present promising avenue in biomedical applications due to their close resemblance natural tissues. However, mechanical performance often falls short, limiting clinical applications. Recent research has been focused on developing hydrogel therapeutic advancements have spurred researchers develop hydrogels having acceptable toughness. While it is now possible tailor properties synthetic gels mimic those tissues, critical aspects such as biocompatibility crosslinking strategies are frequently neglected. This review scrutinizes structural techniques designed improve toughness hydrogels, focusing especially innovative efforts integrate these enhancements into natural-based hydrogels. By thoroughly examining methodologies, sheds light complexities strengthening will propose valuable insights development next-generation tissue substitutes.

Language: Английский

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Fundamentals and Advances in Stimuli-Responsive Hydrogels and Their Applications: A Review DOI Creative Commons
Iryna Protsak, Yevhenii M. Morozov

Gels, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 11(1), P. 30 - 30

Published: Jan. 2, 2025

This review summarizes the fundamental concepts, recent advancements, and emerging trends in field of stimuli-responsive hydrogels. While numerous reviews exist on this topic, continues to evolve dynamically, certain research directions are often overlooked. To address this, we classify hydrogels based their response mechanisms provide an in-depth discussion key properties mechanisms, including swelling kinetics, mechanical properties, biocompatibility/biodegradability. We then explore hydrogel design, synthesis, structural engineering, followed by overview applications that relatively well established from a scientific perspective, biomedical uses (biosensing, drug delivery, wound healing, tissue engineering), environmental (heavy metal phosphate removal environment polluted water), soft robotics actuation. Additionally, highlight unconventional such as local micro-thermometers cell mechanotransduction. concludes with current challenges future prospects field, aiming inspire further innovations advancements bring them closer societal needs.

Language: Английский

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6

Toward Customizable Smart Gels: A Comprehensive Review of Innovative Printing Techniques and Applications DOI Creative Commons
Rizwan Ul Hassan, Naseem Abbas, Jongkuk Ko

et al.

Gels, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 11(1), P. 32 - 32

Published: Jan. 2, 2025

New production technologies have transformed modern engineering fields, including electronics, mechanics, robotics, and biomedicine. These advancements led to the creation of smart materials such as alloys, polymers, gels that respond various stimuli. This review focuses on (SMs), their variety fabrication techniques, can be used construct three- or four-dimensional structures. The mechanisms designs materials, limitations current printing technologies, perspectives for future uses are also discussed in this review. printed expected a major impact design real-world applications.

Language: Английский

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Soft robotic grippers: A review on technologies, materials, and applications DOI

Yahia A. AboZaid,

Mahmoud T. Aboelrayat,

Irene S. Fahim

et al.

Sensors and Actuators A Physical, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 372, P. 115380 - 115380

Published: April 17, 2024

Language: Английский

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13

Advances in smart materials soft actuators on mechanisms, fabrication, materials, and multifaceted applications: A review DOI
Michael Enyan, Bing Zhang, Jesse Nii Okai Amu-Darko

et al.

Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: April 22, 2024

The soft actuators of smart materials have attracted significant attention in recent years due to their unique functions and distinctive characteristics. are composed that can demonstrate substantial alterations dimensions, shape, or mechanical characteristics when subjected external stimuli, including but not limited temperature, light, electricity, magnetic fields. These aforementioned render them highly advantageous for various applications, tissue engineering, prosthetics, surgical robots, drug delivery, robotics. A deeper understanding the principles is crucial development application expansion. This article provides a comprehensive analysis made from materials, explaining underlying concepts, operational mechanisms, material composition, production techniques, diverse range applications across fields, robotics, delivery systems, emerging field review further highlights current challenges prospects address these problems enable ability revolutionize into variety different technical

Language: Английский

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Innovations in Additive Manufacturing of Shape Memory Alloys: Alloys, Microstructures, Treatments, Applications DOI Creative Commons
Shadab Ahmad, Abdul Wahab Hashmi, Jashanpreet Singh

et al.

Journal of Materials Research and Technology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 32, P. 4136 - 4197

Published: Sept. 1, 2024

Exploring shape memory alloys (SMAs) is like diving into a world of material magic, especially when combined with additive manufacturing techniques. This detailed review delves the fascinating realm manufactured SMAs, examining their complex fabrication processes, captivating internal structures, wide-ranging applications, and unique properties. It remarkable to observe how combination metals, particularly nickel titanium, creates very essence SMA's capabilities various other for novel SMAs. Additional insights are provided regarding parameters appropriate post-treatments can enable these materials accomplish extraordinary functionalities. These SMAs also possess ability recollect move, demonstrating superelasticity capacity regain original in capacities. However, there promising prospects development SMA mixtures, enhanced methods, even more intelligent responsive products dimensional accuracy uniformity. work presents on opportunities industries resilient materials, ranging from everyday devices immense expanse space human body. Even advancements, still be done continuously improving design pocket comfort. not only information but envisions future which central advancements engineering fields.

Language: Английский

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Shaping the future: latest developments in 3D printing stimuli-responsive soft polymers DOI
Govind Vashishtha, Sumika Chauhan, Nitin Yadav

et al.

The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 136(10), P. 4215 - 4237

Published: Feb. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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