Smart Hydrogels Developed with Inter-Crosslinking Network (ICN) Structure

Promoting Extracellular Matrix Crosslinking in Synthetic Hydrogels

Swelling-Induced Surface Patterns in Hydrogels with Gradient Crosslinking Density

Hydrogels with controlled surface patterns are useful for a range of applications, including in microdevices, sensors, coatings, and adhesives. In this work, a simple and robust method to generate a wide range of osmotically driven surface patterns, including random, lamellar, peanut, and hexagonal structures is developed. This method does not require the use of organic solvents for swelling, p...

Tough dual nanocomposite hydrogels with inorganic hybrid crosslinking.

A dual nanocomposite hydrogel with inorganic hybrid crosslinking was fabricated through a simultaneous sol-gel technique and free radical polymerization. Due to the multi-strengthening mechanism of the dual nanocomposite, the hydrogel was super tough and strong with a compressive stress of 32.00 MPa without rupture even at 100% strain, while it exhibited excellent fatigue resistant properties.

Kinetics of Smart Hydrogels

The effect of genipin crosslinking on the micro- and nano- structure of collagen hydrogels

Our study is about modifying three-dimensional (3D) collagen hydrogels with a genipin compound. Specifically, the study set out to answer a question if genipin crosslinking modifies the nanoand microstructure of collagen and to establish for the first time a combination of methods to follow this process in-situ and in real time. We examined the genipin cross-linked collagen hydrogels with one-p...