ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
17(1), P. 2148 - 2168
Published: Dec. 27, 2024
To
address
the
issues
of
infectious
virus,
bacterial
secondary
infections,
skin
pigmentation,
and
scarring
caused
by
monkeypox
virus
(MPXV),
a
sprayable
hydrogel
with
versatile
functions
was
developed
comprehensive
properties.
Based
on
current
research,
bioactive
deep
eutectic
solvent
(DES)
rosmarinic
acid-proanthocyanidin-glycol
(RPG)
designed
synthesized
as
active
agent,
molecular
docking
applied
to
discover
its
binding
MPXV
proteins
through
H-bonds
van
der
Waals
interactions,
results
show
energies
between
RA,
PC,
Gly
are
−58.7188,
−50.2311,
−18.4755
kcal/mol,
respectively.
Additionally,
poly(vinyl
alcohol)
(PVA),
borate,
xylitol
(Xyl)
were
integrated
RPG
prepare
PB-RPG-Xyl
hydrogel,
which
characterized
popular
ways.
The
pH-responsive
properties
accelerated
release
under
acidic
conditions,
resulting
in
an
increased
cumulative
percentage
84.83%
at
pH
5.5
210
min.
Besides
that,
it
proved
have
expected
sprayability,
self-healing,
adhesion,
shape-adaptability.
dynamic
simulation
meaningful
understanding
formation
self-healing
mechanisms.
Furthermore,
shows
ideal
degradability,
removability,
biocompatibility.
Lastly,
multiple
systematically
explored,
including
UV-blocking,
blood
clotting,
cooling,
antioxidant,
antibacterial,
inhibition
represents
first
promising
dressing
based
natural
DES
for
lesions
management,
not
only
expands
application
green
solvents
health
care
but
also
provides
convenient
effective
treatment
process
infection
face
difficult
complex
needs.
Gels,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
11(1), P. 59 - 59
Published: Jan. 11, 2025
Protein-based
hydrogels
with
stretchability
and
conductivity
have
potential
applications
in
wearable
electronic
devices.
However,
the
development
of
protein-based
biocomposite
is
still
limited.
In
this
work,
we
used
natural
ferritin
to
develop
a
PVA/ferritin
hydrogel
by
repetitive
freeze–thaw
method.
hydrogel,
ferritin,
as
nano
spring,
forms
hydrogen
bond
PVA
networks,
which
reduces
crystallinity
significantly
improves
hydrogel.
The
fracture
strain
203%,
stress
112.2
kPa.
toughness
enhanced
147.03
kJ/m3,
more
than
3
times
that
(39.17
kJ/m3).
addition,
free
residues
iron
ions
endow
ionic
(0.15
S/m).
sensor
constructed
from
shows
good
sensitivity
(gauge
factor
=
1.7
at
150%
strain),
accurate
real-time
resistance
response,
long
cyclic
working
stability
when
for
joint
motion
monitoring.
results
indicate
prepared
facile
method
has
flexible
sensors.
This
work
develops
new
preparation
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
17(4), P. 6957 - 6968
Published: Jan. 7, 2025
Liquid
metals
are
highly
conductive
like
metallic
materials
and
have
excellent
deformability
due
to
their
liquid
state,
making
them
rather
promising
for
flexible
stretchable
wearable
sensors.
However,
patterning
on
soft
substrates
has
been
a
challenge
high
surface
tension.
In
this
paper,
new
method
is
proposed
overcome
the
difficulties
in
fabricating
liquid-state
strain
The
involves
adding
nickel
powder
particles
metal
maintain
metal's
fluidity
while
lowering
tension
so
that
can
be
easily
patterned
substrate
using
magnets.
With
addition
of
12
wt
%
(40
μm)
metal,
gauge
factor
5.17
achieved
at
300%
strain.
addition,
by
integration
multiple
sensors
smart
glove
monitor
14
joints
human
hand,
10
sign
language
gestures
recognized
comparing
results
five
different
machine
learning
models,
among
which
quadratic
discriminative
analysis
model
accomplished
with
an
accuracy
rate
100%.
magnetically
nickel-containing
liquid-metal
study
wide
range
applications
intelligent
robots
human-machine
interfaces.
