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August 2023 in “Military Medical Research” This review discusses recent advancements in responsive-hydrogel dressings for diabetic wound healing, highlighting their design, responsiveness, and degradation behavior, and evaluating their potential advantages and limitations in clinical applications.
This review categorizes contractile hydrogels by their contraction mechanisms and explores their role in advanced wound management, emphasizing mechanical and biochemical signaling in healing, but also notes challenges like force transmission and clinical applicability.
This review re-examines hair blowouts as a material science process, where water acts as a plasticizer altering keratin's glass-transition temperature, allowing for temporary hair shaping through a moisture-induced matrix state change under heat and tension.
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March 2024 in “Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology” This review examined photothermal hydrogels, biomedically innovative materials responsive to near-infrared stimulation, which hold promise for enhancing infection control and tissue regeneration. The authors highlighted their unique properties, construction methods, and potential applications while also discussing existing challenges and future research directions.
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May 2025 in “Journal of Applied Polymer Science” This study developed a multifunctional, sprayable hydrogel with temperature responsiveness, showing strong antimicrobial properties against E. coli and S. aureus, antioxidant activity, and cytocompatibility, indicating potential for wound healing applications.