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ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS (2021)

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Intelligent Patches for Wound Management: In Situ Sensing and Treatment

Yuqiu Wang et al.

Summary: Intelligent wound patches have potential properties such as ultra-adhesion, self-healing ability, biosensing, antibacterial, and anti-inflammatory effects. There is a need for further exploration in in situ sensing and intelligent drug delivery, and new strategies are crucial in this regard. Challenges exist in this field, but there are promising opportunities for future developments.

ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY (2021)

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Human body-based self-powered wearable electronics for promoting wound healing driven by biomechanical motions

Dong Wan et al.

Summary: A flexible and stretchable self-powered wearable patch was developed in this study, utilizing biomechanical motions to promote wound healing, marking a significant step in practical applications of wearable medical electronics.

NANO ENERGY (2021)

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Biomaterials- and biostructures Inspired high-performance flexible stretchable strain sensors: A review

Wei Wang et al.

Summary: Flexible stretchable strain sensors have gained significant attention for their excellent performance and comfort, with natural biomaterials and biostructures playing a crucial role in their development. Key nature-inspired structural designs such as cracks, brick-and-mortar, and wrinkled structures are highlighted in this review.

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL (2021)

Review Multidisciplinary Sciences

Skin-like hydrogel devices for wearable sensing, soft robotics and beyond

Binbin Ying et al.

Summary: Skin-like electronics using hydrogels as soft biomaterials are being developed rapidly, facing challenges such as limited functionality, low ambient stability, poor surface adhesion, and relatively high power consumption. Current research is focused on increasing toughness, conductivity, and developing advanced features like anti-dehydration, anti-freezing, and improved adhesion for hydrogel devices in applications such as wearable electronics, soft robotics, and energy harvesting.

ISCIENCE (2021)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

A wireless optoelectronic skin patch for light delivery and thermal monitoring

Han-Joon Kim et al.

Summary: The integration of a transparent nanowire sensor into a wearable optoelectronic patch allows for simultaneous light delivery and thermal monitoring, showing potential for advancements in light-based diagnostics and therapies.

ISCIENCE (2021)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

A wearable patch for continuous analysis of thermoregulatory sweat at rest

Hnin Yin Yin Nyein et al.

Summary: The study presents wearable microfluidics-based patches for continuous sweat monitoring at rest, enabling detection of pH, Cl-, and levodopa for dynamic sweat analysis related to routine activities, stress events, hypoglycemia-induced sweating, and Parkinson's disease, thus allowing for continuous and autonomous monitoring of body physiology at rest.

NATURE COMMUNICATIONS (2021)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

Self-powered ultraflexible photonic skin for continuous bio-signal detection via air-operation-stable polymer light-emitting diodes

Hiroaki Jinno et al.

Summary: The integration of ultraflexible optical sensors with power sources faces challenges due to the insufficient air operational stability of polymer light-emitting diodes. However, by combining air-operation-stable polymer light-emitting diodes, organic solar cells, and organic photodetectors, a self-powered organic optical system for photoplethysmogram monitoring has been developed. This system demonstrates high linearity and stability, making it suitable for long-term health monitoring applications.

NATURE COMMUNICATIONS (2021)

Review Engineering, Biomedical

Accelerated Skin Wound Healing by Electrical Stimulation

Ruizeng Luo et al.

Summary: When the integrity of the skin is compromised, an endogenous electric field is generated to facilitate wound healing, while exogenous electric fields can assist in treating wounds that cannot heal on their own. The effects of exogenous electrical stimulation on wound healing involve inflammation, blood flow, cell proliferation and migration, and wound scarring. New electrical stimulation methods and devices are characterized by being safe, low-cost, stable, and small in size.

ADVANCED HEALTHCARE MATERIALS (2021)

Article Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology

Sustained delivery of MMP-9 siRNA via thermosensitive hydrogel accelerates diabetic wound healing

Biyun Lan et al.

Summary: The hybrid hydrogel dressing developed for localized delivery of MMP-9 siRNA showed significant reduction in MMP-9 expression and improved diabetic wound closure in diabetic rats. The dressing exhibited negligible cytotoxicity in vitro and sustained release of siMMP-9 for up to 7 days. This delivery system offers a platform for in vivo delivery of siRNA for the treatment of various diseases.

JOURNAL OF NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY (2021)

Article Engineering, Biomedical

A suspended layer additive manufacturing approach to the bioprinting of tri-layered skin equivalents

Richard J. A. Moakes et al.

Summary: This study utilized suspended layer additive manufacturing to create a continuous tri-layered implant that closely resembles human skin. By carefully controlling the bioink composition, gradients of chemical and cellular components were formed, facilitating cellular remodeling of the supporting matrix and successful integration of the implant into surrounding tissues. This innovative approach shows promise in promoting healing and tissue regeneration within deep wounds.

APL BIOENGINEERING (2021)

Article Chemistry, Physical

A Triboelectric-Electromagnetic Hybrid Nanogenerator with Broadband Working Range for Wind Energy Harvesting and a Self-Powered Wind Speed Sensor

Cuiying Ye et al.

Summary: The triboelectric-electromagnetic hybrid nanogenerator (FTEHG) effectively harvests various levels of wind energy, broadening the working range of wind speed and showing potential for self-powered weather monitoring applications.

ACS ENERGY LETTERS (2021)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Touch-Based Fingertip Blood-Free Reliable Glucose Monitoring: Personalized Data Processing for Predicting Blood Glucose Concentrations

Juliane R. Sempionatto et al.

Summary: The study presents a new rapid and reliable approach that combines a simple touch-based fingertip sweat electrochemical sensor with a new algorithm for accurate estimation of blood glucose concentrations. The painless and simple glucose self-testing protocol leverages the fast sweat rate on the fingertip for rapid assays of natural perspiration, without any sweat stimulation, in addition to personalized sweat-response-to-blood concentration translation.

ACS SENSORS (2021)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

Tissue-like skin-device interface for wearable bioelectronics by using ultrasoft, mass-permeable, and low-impedance hydrogels

Chanhyuk Lim et al.

Summary: Hydrogels, composed of a cross-linked polymer network and water molecules, show similar mechanical structures and properties to human tissue, making them ideal for creating tissue-like interfaces between wearable devices and skin. Functionalized hydrogels with high mass-permeability and low impedance play a crucial role in enhancing the performance of wearable bioelectronics by forming a conformal interface on the skin.

SCIENCE ADVANCES (2021)

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Hybrid 3D Printing of Advanced Hydrogel-Based Wound Dressings with Tailorable Properties

Marko Milojevic et al.

Summary: The hybrid extrusion-based bioprinting process allows for the fabrication of mechanically advantageous scaffolds by integrating softer hydrogels into a stiffer synthetic framework. This approach enables the fine-tuning of wettability, swelling, degradability, and mechanical strength, while providing a gradient of surface properties and good biocompatibility for tissue engineering applications. The controlled degradability and permeability of the hydrogel component may also enable controlled drug delivery in these hybrid scaffolds.

PHARMACEUTICS (2021)

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Bioinspired sequentially crosslinked nanofibrous hydrogels with robust adhesive and stretchable capability for joint wound dressing

Yuqi Zheng et al.

Summary: Inspired by the protein secretion-curing process of natural marine mussels, an adhesive nanofibrous hydrogel was developed using a sequential crosslinking strategy. The hydrogel showed superior adhesive and tensile properties, accelerating wound healing and demonstrating great potential for joint wound care.

COMPOSITES COMMUNICATIONS (2021)

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A design approach for layer-by-layer surface-mediated siRNA delivery

Jonathan J. Chou et al.

Summary: This study investigates the effects of LbL assembly parameters on film composition and siRNA-mediated gene knockdown efficiency, highlighting the importance of optimizing assembly conditions for surface-mediated delivery systems. The work provides a significant step towards promoting transfection efficacy while reducing material and processing requirements in LbL delivery systems.

ACTA BIOMATERIALIA (2021)

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Biomaterial-based delivery of nucleic acids for tissue regeneration

Yaping Zhuang et al.

Summary: Gene therapy for tissue regeneration is promising but faces limitations in vivo due to physiological obstacles. Biomaterial-based gene delivery systems can overcome stability issues and control overexpression of therapeutic genes, contributing to local production of regulatory factors.

ADVANCED DRUG DELIVERY REVIEWS (2021)

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Stretchable and Highly Permeable Nanofibrous Sensors for Detecting Complex Human Body Motion

Yehu David Horev et al.

Summary: A highly gas-permeable ultra-thin strain sensor has been developed by covalently grafting nanofibrous polyaniline (PANI) onto stretchable elastomer nanomeshes, demonstrating low weight, intimate connection with skin, stable performance, and continuous recording of complex movements.

ADVANCED MATERIALS (2021)

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Energy Autonomous Sweat-Based Wearable Systems

Libu Manjakkal et al.

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ADVANCED MATERIALS (2021)

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Wound Healing: From Passive to Smart Dressings

Mojtaba Farahani et al.

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Nanotechnology-Assisted RNA Delivery: From Nucleic Acid Therapeutics to COVID-19 Vaccines

Chiara Rinoldi et al.

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SMALL METHODS (2021)

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MATERIALS ADVANCES (2021)

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NANOSCALE (2021)

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Li Zhang et al.

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JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY B (2021)

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An injectable serotonin-chondroitin sulfate hydrogel for bio-inspired hemostatic adhesives with high wound healing capability

Xingxia Zhang et al.

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Mass-produced SEBS/graphite nanoplatelet composites with a segregated structure for highly stretchable and recyclable strain sensors

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JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY C (2019)

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