Progress in hydrogel toughening: addressing structural and crosslinking challenges for biomedical applications

Discover Materials, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 5(1)

Опубликована: Янв. 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.

Язык: Английский

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Recent advances in the breakdown of microplastics: strategies and future prospectives

Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 29(44), С. 65887 - 65903

Опубликована: Июль 25, 2022

Язык: Английский

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Climate warming masks the negative effect of microplastics on plant-soil health in a silt loam soil

Geoderma, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 425, С. 116083 - 116083

Опубликована: Авг. 9, 2022

Язык: Английский

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Microplastic dynamics in a free water surface constructed wetland

The Science of The Total Environment, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 858, С. 160113 - 160113

Опубликована: Ноя. 9, 2022

This study investigates microplastic (MPs) dynamics of a recently established surface flow 2100 population equivalent polishing constructed wetland (CW) receiving 1.4 ML per day secondary treated wastewater. MPs type, size ranges and concentrations were measured along the CW at 2-months sampling campaign. The received an average 5·106 (6 liter), mostly 100-1000 μm-sized synthetic fibers followed by fragments in same range. 95 % retained, resulting 0.30 ± 0.09 liter effluent. Most (97 %) trapped within first 20 which consisted settling pond shallow vegetated treatment cells provided areal removal rate > 4000 MP m-2 d-1. Data microscopic analysis indicate erosion fragmentation CW. Turbidity suspended solids no indicator for due to water fowl activity, algal growth, preferential conditions. is on independently operating full scale free incorporated into municipal wastewater scheme. Surface CWs can retain effectively but accumulation sediments substrate needs be considered when further utilized or recycled.

Язык: Английский

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Biodegradable Polymers—a Review on Properties, Processing, and Degradation Mechanism

Circular Economy and Sustainability, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 4(1), С. 339 - 362

Опубликована: Июль 11, 2023

Язык: Английский

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