ACS Materials Letters,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
5(7), P. 1787 - 1830
Published: May 26, 2023
Due
to
the
good
reliability
and
long-term
stability,
self-healing
hydrogels
have
emerged
as
promising
soft
materials
for
tissue
engineering,
smart
wearable
sensors,
bioelectronics,
energy
storage
devices.
The
mechanism
depends
on
reversible
chemical
or
physical
cross-linking
interactions.
Self-healing
with
fascinating
features
(including
mechanical
performances,
biocompatibility,
conductivity,
antibacterial
ability,
responsiveness,
etc.)
are
being
designed
developed
according
practical
application
requirements.
In
this
review,
recent
progress
in
their
synthesis
strategies
multiple
applications
is
summarized.
Their
involve
processes
a
combination
of
two.
include
flexible
strain
supercapacitors,
actuators,
adhesives,
wound
healing,
drug
delivery,
tumor
treatment,
3D
printing,
etc.
Finally,
current
challenges,
future
development,
opportunities
discussed.
ACS Nano,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
16(2), P. 3194 - 3207
Published: Jan. 31, 2022
In
view
of
the
lack
a
specific
drug-sustained
release
system
that
is
responsive
to
chronic
wounds
type
II
diabetic
foot,
and
demands
for
frequent
movement
at
foot
wound,
pH/glucose
dual-responsive
metformin-released
adhesion-enhanced
self-healing
easy-removable
antibacterial
antioxidant
conductive
hemostasis
multifunctional
phenylboronic
acid
benzaldehyde
bifunctional
polyethylene
glycol-co-poly(glycerol
sebacic
acid)/dihydrocaffeic
l-arginine
cografted
chitosan
(PEGS-PBA-BA/CS-DA-LAG,
denoted
as
PC)
hydrogel
dressings
were
constructed
based
on
double
dynamic
bond
Schiff-base
phenylboronate
ester.
It
was
further
demonstrated
PC
promotes
wound
healing
by
reducing
inflammation
enhancing
angiogenesis
in
rat
model.
addition,
addition
metformin
(Met)
graphene
oxide
(GO),
well
their
synergy,
confirmed
better
promote
repair
vivo.
summary,
PC/GO/Met
hydrogels
with
stimuli-responsive
ability
easy
removability
have
shown
promoting
effect
athletic
provide
local-specific
drug
dual-response
strategy
treatment
feet.
Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
17(3), P. 353 - 384
Published: Jan. 24, 2022
Bacterial
infection
and
the
ever-increasing
bacterial
resistance
have
imposed
severe
threat
to
human
health.
And
contamination
could
significantly
menace
wound
healing
process.
Considering
sophisticated
process,
novel
strategies
for
skin
tissue
engineering
are
focused
on
integration
of
bioactive
ingredients,
antibacterial
agents
included,
into
biomaterials
with
different
morphologies
improve
cell
behaviors
promote
healing.
However,
a
comprehensive
review
anti-bacterial
dressing
enhance
has
not
been
reported.
In
this
review,
various
as
dressings
will
be
discussed.
Different
kinds
agents,
including
antibiotics,
nanoparticles
(metal
metallic
oxides,
light-induced
agents),
cationic
organic
others,
their
recent
advances
summarized.
Biomaterial
selection
fabrication
structures
forms,
films,
hydrogel,
electrospun
nanofibers,
sponge,
foam
three-dimension
(3D)
printed
scaffold
regeneration,
elaborated
Current
challenges
future
perspectives
presented
in
multidisciplinary
field.
We
envision
that
provide
general
insight
elegant
design
further
refinement
dressing.
ACS Nano,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
16(8), P. 13022 - 13036
Published: Aug. 3, 2022
Burns
are
a
common
health
problem
worldwide
and
highly
susceptible
to
bacterial
infections
that
difficult
handle
with
ordinary
wound
dressings.
Therefore,
burn
repair
is
extremely
challenging
in
clinical
practice.
Herein,
series
of
self-healing
hydrogels
(QCS/OD/TOB/PPY@PDA)
good
electrical
conductivity
antioxidant
activity
were
prepared
on
the
basis
quaternized
chitosan
(QCS),
oxidized
dextran
(OD),
tobramycin
(TOB),
polydopamine-coated
polypyrrole
nanowires
(PPY@PDA
NWs).
These
Schiff
base
cross-links
between
aminoglycoside
antibiotic
TOB
OD
enable
be
slowly
released
responsive
pH.
Interestingly,
acidic
substances
during
bacteria
growth
process
can
induce
on-demand
release
TOB,
avoiding
abuse
antibiotics.
The
antibacterial
results
showed
QCS/OD/TOB/PPY@PDA9
hydrogel
could
kill
high
concentrations
Pseudomonas
aeruginosa
(PA),
Staphylococcus
aureus,
Escherichia
coli
short
time
bactericidal
effect
for
up
11
days
an
agar
plate
diffusion
experiment,
while
showing
vivo
activity.
Excellent
long-lasting
properties
make
it
suitable
severely
infected
wounds.
Furthermore,
incorporation
PPY@PDA
endowed
near-infrared
(NIR)
irradiation
assisted
drug-resistant
bacteria,
conductivity,
Most
importantly,
PA-infected
model,
more
effectively
controlled
inflammation
levels
promoted
collagen
deposition,
vascular
generation,
earlier
closure
compared
Tegaderm
smart
delivery
advantageous
bacterial-infected
healing.
Polymers,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
14(15), P. 3023 - 3023
Published: July 26, 2022
Nowadays,
there
are
still
numerous
challenges
for
well-known
biomedical
applications,
such
as
tissue
engineering
(TE),
wound
healing
and
controlled
drug
delivery,
which
must
be
faced
solved.
Hydrogels
have
been
proposed
excellent
candidates
these
they
promising
properties
the
mentioned
including
biocompatibility,
biodegradability,
great
absorption
capacity
tunable
mechanical
properties.
However,
depending
on
material
or
manufacturing
method,
resulting
hydrogel
may
not
up
to
specific
task
it
is
designed,
thus
different
approaches
enhance
performance
requirements
of
application
in
question.
The
main
purpose
this
review
article
was
summarize
most
recent
trends
technology,
going
through
used
polymeric
materials
popular
synthesis
methods
years,
strategies
enhancing
hydrogels'
properties,
cross-linking
manufacture
composite
hydrogels.
In
addition,
secondary
objective
briefly
discuss
other
novel
applications
hydrogels
that
past
few
years
drawn
a
lot
attention.
Materials Today Bio,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
19, P. 100582 - 100582
Published: Feb. 16, 2023
Hydrogels
are
essential
biomaterials
due
to
their
favorable
biocompatibility,
mechanical
properties
similar
human
soft
tissue
extracellular
matrix,
and
repair
properties.
In
skin
wound
repair,
hydrogels
with
antibacterial
functions
especially
suitable
for
dressing
applications,
so
novel
hydrogel
dressings
have
attracted
widespread
attention,
including
the
design
of
components,
optimization
preparation
methods,
strategies
reduce
bacterial
resistance,
etc.
this
review,
we
discuss
fabrication
challenges
associated
crosslinking
methods
chemistry
materials.
We
investigated
advantages
limitations
(antibacterial
effects
mechanisms)
different
components
in
achieve
good
properties,
response
stimuli
such
as
light,
sound,
electricity
resistance.
Conclusively,
provide
a
systematic
summary
findings
(crosslinking
methods)
an
outlook
on
long-lasting
effects,
broader
spectrum,
diversified
forms,
future
development
prospects
field.
Advanced Healthcare Materials,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
11(13)
Published: April 15, 2022
Conventional
wound
closure
and
dressing
are
two
crucial,
time-consuming
but
isolated
principles
in
care.
Even
though
tissue
adhesive
opens
a
new
era
for
closure,
the
method
biomaterial
that
can
simultaneously
achieve
noninvasive
promote
healing
highly
appreciated.
Herein,
novel
supramolecular
poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)
hybrid
hydrogel
composed
of
quaternized
chitosan-graft-β-cyclodextrin,
adenine,
polypyrrole
nanotubes
via
host-guest
interaction
hydrogen
bonds
is
developed.
The
demonstrates
thermal
contraction
47%
remaining
area
after
2
h
at
37
℃
adhesion
5.74
kPa,
which
essential
multiple
mechanical
biological
properties
including
suitable
properties,
self-healing,
on-demand
removal,
antioxidant,
hemostasis,
photothermal/intrinsic
antibacterial
activity
(higher
99%
killing
ratio
within
5
min
irradiation).
In
both
full-thickness
skin
incision
excision
models,
reveals
significant
24
post-surgery.
acute
methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus
aureus-infected
assays,
wounds
treated
with
demonstrate
enhanced
rapid
rate,
mild
inflammatory
response,
advanced
angiogenesis,
well-arranged
collagen
fibers.
Altogether,
results
indicate
promising
synchronously
healing.
Military Medical Research,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
10(1)
Published: Aug. 22, 2023
The
treatment
of
chronic
and
non-healing
wounds
in
diabetic
patients
remains
a
major
medical
problem.
Recent
reports
have
shown
that
hydrogel
wound
dressings
might
be
an
effective
strategy
for
treating
due
to
their
excellent
hydrophilicity,
good
drug-loading
ability
sustained
drug
release
properties.
As
typical
example,
hyaluronic
acid
dressing
(Healoderm)
has
been
demonstrated
clinical
trials
improve
wound-healing
efficiency
healing
rates
foot
ulcers.
However,
the
degradation
behavior
clinically-used
cannot
adjusted
according
microenvironment.
Due
intricacy
wounds,
antibiotics
other
medications
are
frequently
combined
with
practice,
although
these
easily
hindered
by
hostile
environment.
In
this
case,
scientists
created
responsive-hydrogel
based
on
microenvironment
features
(such
as
high
glucose
low
pH)
or
external
stimuli
light
magnetic
field)
achieve
controllable
release,
gel
degradation,
improvements
order
overcome
issues.
These
anticipated
play
significant
role
therapeutic
dressings.
Here,
we
review
recent
advances
towards
healing,
focus
structure
design,
principle
responsiveness,
degradation.
Last
but
not
least,
advantages
limitations
responsive-hydrogels
applications
will
also
discussed.
We
hope
contribute
furthering
progress
hydrogels
improved
practical
application.