具有环境响应性的纤维素基水凝胶

随着对可再生资源开发利用的逐渐重视,基于纤维素环境响应型水凝胶结构设计及其响应性能的研究备受关注.环境响应纤维素基水凝胶不仅具有良好的生物相容性和生物可降解性,还表现出对环境因素特定的检出识别能力及明显响应性,拓展了水凝胶材料在生物医用、仿生智能材料等领域的应用.本综述首先从环境响应型纤维素水凝胶材料的结构设计出发,以交联方式分类简要介绍了纤维素基水凝胶的合成方法,具体包括物理交联、化学交联和其他交联方式等.接着,从水凝胶功能性入手,重点介绍了以一种或多种化学信号、物理信号为刺激源响应的纤维素基水凝胶材料;并以药物载体、形状记忆材料和伤口敷料等方面研究成果为例,阐述了环境响应型纤维素基水凝胶的相关应用,以及其在智能软体机器人和环保生物传感器等领域的巨大应用潜力.     

三维石墨烯凝胶电极的制备及在电容去离子中的应用

采用液相还原法制备了石墨烯水/气凝胶三维石墨烯宏观材料,并将其作为电极应用于电容去离子中,以氯化钠作为研究对象,研究三维石墨烯凝胶电极在电容去离子中的性能.利用扫描电子显微镜、循环伏安曲线和X射线光电子能谱等多种手段考察了电极的形貌结构及特性.对比了石墨烯水凝胶与气凝胶电极应用于去离子电容中的性能差异.结果表明,水凝胶电极相对于气凝胶电极具有较好的去离子性能;采用压片法进一步对石墨烯水凝胶电极材料进行优化,结果表明,压片水凝胶、水凝胶和气凝胶3种电极材料在去离子电容中均具有较好的电容去离子效果,其电吸附容量从大到小的顺序:压片水凝胶水凝胶气凝胶.石墨烯水凝胶作为电极材料在电容去离子中具有较好的应用前景.     

基于胆固醇的有机超分子智能凝胶

胆固醇分子具有特色的多环、多手性碳结构,因此可用于构筑有机超分子凝胶智能材料。该凝胶体系除了对温度有良好的感知响应性外,对其他的外界刺激,如光、pH、超声等也能够感知并响应。由于胆固醇分子是生命体中普遍存在的生物分子,基于胆固醇的有机超分子智能凝胶在生命现象模拟、药物输运等方面具有天然的优势。本文先根据胆固醇凝胶体系的不同种类,包括光响应型、氧化还原响应型、酸碱响应型、超声响应型,金属离子响应型以及触变响应型等,对该体系的结构与性能进行了介绍,然后介绍了对凝胶因子的修饰方法,最后结合目前的研究现状,探讨了胆固醇有机超分子凝胶的应用方向及前景。     

石墨烯基水凝胶的研究进展

石墨烯具有独特的导电、导热和力学性能,既能够自组装为电化学性能优良的石墨烯水凝胶,又可以与小分子和聚合物进行复合制备多功能性复合水凝胶,大幅度地拓展了传统水凝胶的应用范围。本文主要分为四部分来综述近些年来石墨烯基水凝胶的研究进展。第一部分简要介绍了石墨烯的研究背景和石墨烯基水凝胶的研究意义。第二部分主要根据石墨烯基水凝胶的组成将其分为石墨烯水凝胶、石墨烯/小分子和石墨烯/聚合物复合水凝胶三类,分别介绍了它们的制备方法、形成机理和凝胶性能。其中,对石墨烯/小分子复合水凝胶的介绍以石墨烯基超分子水凝胶为主,而对石墨烯/聚合物复合水凝胶的介绍以智能型水凝胶为主。第三部分主要介绍了石墨烯基水凝胶在超级电容器、水处理、控释药物、微流体开关、催化剂载体等方面的应用和发展。最后,对该领域所面临的挑战进行了总结和展望。     

智能性水凝胶

“智能”材料具有传感、处理和执行功能，水凝胶作为智能材料其应用前景良好。本文综述了智能水凝胶的近期研究发展，以Ｆｌｏｒｙ的溶胀理论着重探讨了刺激响应性，并介绍了化学机械现象及凝胶相转变。     

一种新型的可生物降解的热敏凝胶微粒的制备

聚合物水凝胶是由高分子组成的三维空间交联网络与水的混合体系,有望在药物控制释放等领域获得广泛应用,某些水凝胶还具有显著的环境响应性,构成了一类主流的智能材料,在生物医用材料领域,对于材料的可降解性有严格要求,而单一的可降解药物缓释载体材料和单一的智能型水凝胶材料已有较多报道,但能够将这两种特性结合在同一种材料中的报道则很少,其中智能响应范围合适、降解速率易于大范围调节的合成水凝胶则更少。     

三维生物高分子/氧化石墨烯复合凝胶对阳离子染料吸附的研究

采用一种简便的方法制备了生物高分子调控的氧化石墨烯凝胶用于水污染处理.将生物高分子白蛋白(BSA)、壳聚糖(CS)、及脱氧核糖核酸(DNA)与氧化石墨烯(GO)共混,自组装形成水凝胶,最后冻干得到生物高分子/氧化石墨烯复合凝胶.通过扫描电镜、原子力显微镜、纳米粒度分析仪等分析复合凝胶的组装结构与表面电位.结果表明凝胶呈现内部联通的三维多孔结构,该结构有利于被吸附分子的快速内部扩散.红外光谱证明了生物高分子被成功负载到了凝胶网络中.然后将该复合凝胶用于阳离子染料的吸附,吸附实验表明这类生物高分子/氧化石墨烯复合凝胶对阳离子染料有很好的吸附效果,同时也对阴离子和非离子毒性分子有一定的吸附能力.研究了吸附时间,初始浓度,pH值等对凝胶吸附量的影响,并考察了凝胶的解吸附.最后详细探讨了GO-BSA、GO-CS和GO-DNA凝胶对亚甲基蓝(MB)吸附的动力学和吸附等温式.经吸附动力学拟合,生物高分子/氧化石墨烯复合凝胶吸附MB复合二级动力学模型和Langmuir等温吸附,对MB分子是单分子层吸附,吸附初期为大孔隙扩散,后期为粒子内扩散.     

石墨烯基水凝胶的研究进展

石墨烯独特的分子结构使其具有优异的物理化学性质,这引起了国内外学者的研究兴趣。研究者们相继制备出了各种石墨烯基复合材料,其中,石墨烯基水凝胶是一种实用而吸引人的材料,有着广泛的应用前景。本文对石墨烯基水凝胶的研究进展进行了综述,对其在超级电容器、生物医药、水处理等方面的应用做了相关介绍,并对石墨烯基水凝胶的发展前景进行了展望。     

具有规整结构和高强度的水凝胶研究进展

人造水凝胶普遍存在结构不规整的问题,即交联点无序性分布和链节长短不一。这就导致人造水凝胶存在机械性能差、响应速度慢、溶胀之后回复性不好等缺点,大大限制了其在生物医学和工业等领域的应用范围。然而,生物凝胶却普遍具有规整的微结构和优异的性能。制备具有规整结构的水凝胶已经成为一个具有挑战性的重要课题。本文综述了制备具有规整结构的高强度水凝胶的研究进展。     

智能响应型水凝胶药物控释体系及其应用

药物控释体系可改善药物分子在机体内的释放、吸收、代谢和排泄过程,显著提高药物利用率并减弱药物的毒副作用。智能响应型水凝胶凭借其刺激响应性、亲水性和无毒性在药物控释方面得到了广泛的关注。本文介绍了智能响应型水凝胶药物控释体系的概念、机理和应用,详细归纳了智能响应型水凝胶药物控释体系的研究进展。按照刺激源不同将智能响应型水凝胶药物控释体系分为pH响应型、温度响应型、光响应型、生物分子(如葡萄糖、酶)响应型、外场(如电场、磁场)响应型、压力响应型、氧化还原响应型及多重响应型水凝胶药物控释体系。进一步介绍了智能响应型水凝胶药物控释体系在治疗癌症、急性肾损伤、眼病、糖尿病等疾病及抗菌、防止伤口感染等方面的应用。最后,基于目前智能响应型水凝胶药物控释体系存在的一些问题(如生物相容性差、存在突释或滞释现象、不可降解等)对其发展做出了展望。     

强韧型自愈合水凝胶的研究进展

水凝胶作为一种由大量水和与众不同的三维网状结构构成的智能软材料,已经广泛应用于许多领域,如药物输送、软骨修复、废物处理及电子设备等。然而,水凝胶不良的机械性能及自愈合性极大地限制了它们的潜在应用。目前已报道的韧性水凝胶通常不具有或只有很弱的自修复性,而自修复水凝胶通常机械性能非常弱。因此,研发具有高效自修复性能和优异机械性能的水凝胶材料,无论是从学术角度还是工业角度都是非常重要的。本文总结了近些年来强韧型自愈合水凝胶的最新研究进展,从其制备方法、性能等方面进行了简要介绍,并对未来的发展前景进行了展望。     

Mussel-inspired chemistry in producing mechanically robust and bioactive hydrogels as skin dressings

The development of hydrogels as skin dressings demonstrates a great potential in real life applications. To achieve this, the hydrogel has to conquer its natural poor mechanical strength, and to prolong its lifetime, antifatigue and self-healing properties originating from dynamic interactions are also required. As skin dressings, the hydrogel needs to maintain its ductility while pursuing the above mentioned properties. In this work, poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate is used to produce skin dressings by reinforcing poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate/alginate double network hydrogels with a crosslinker from mussel-inspired chemistry, which is 3,4-dihydroxy-l-phenylalanine. This crosslinking methodology significantly improved mechanical strength of the hydrogel, with 11,200% increase in compressive failure strength; it endowed the hydrogel with outstanding antifatigue and training strengthening properties that makes its mechanical strength increasing in a 50 cycles compressive test; the hydrogel showed excellent self-healing properties that in rheological characterization; it also displayed enhanced storage modulus after withstanding a shear strain up to 1100%; meanwhile, the hydrogel exhibited extreme ductility with an elastic modulus of only 10.90–16.53 kPa. 3,4-dihydroxy-l-phenylalanine also renders the hydrogel its inherent antioxidant activity, conductivity, and bioadhesiveness. Together with the highly transparent appearance, the hydrogels possess a great potential and practibility in the fields of skin dressings.     

Cell-Encapsulating Hydrogel Puzzle: Polyrotaxane-Based Self-Healing Hydrogels

Slide-ring hydrogels using polyrotaxanes have been developed as highly tough soft materials. However, they have never been used as biomaterials because of the lack of biocompatibility. Meanwhile, self-healing hydrogels are expected to improve fatigue resistance and extend the period of use. However, owing to the lack of high mechanical strength, they are limited in their use as biomaterials. Here we first developed a biocompatible self-healing/slide-ring hydrogel using glycol chitosan and a water-soluble polyrotaxane. We obtained excellent mechanical toughness and biocompatibility to promote the proliferation of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) encapsulated in the hydrogel. Owing to the rapid self-healing property, the cell-encapsulating gels adjusted arbitrarily, maintaining good cell proliferation function. Therefore, slide-ring hydrogels enable the use of biomaterials for soft-tissue engineering.     

Preparation and Characterization of Attractive Poly(amino acid)Hydrogels Based on 2-Ureido-4[1H]-pyrimidinone

Self-healing hydrogels with the shear-thinning property are novel injectable materials and are superior to traditional injectable hydrogels.The self-healing hydrogels based on 2-ureido-4[1 H]-pyrimidinone(UPy)have recently received extensive attention due to their dynamic reversibility of UPy dimerization.However,generally,UPy-based self-healing hydrogels exhibit poor stability,cannot degrade in vivo and can hardly be excreted from the body,which considerably limit their bio-application.Here,using poly(l-glutamic acid)(PLGA)as biodegradable matrix,branchingα-hydroxy-ω-amino poly(ethylene oxide)(HAPEO)as bridging molecule to introduce UPy,and ethyl acrylate polyethylene glycol(MAPEG)to introduce double bond,the hydrogel precursors(PMHU)are prepared.A library of the self-healing hydrogels has been achieved with well self-healable and shear-thinning properties.With the increase of MAPEG grafting ratio,the storage modulus of the self-healing hydrogels decreases.The self-healing hydrogels are stable in solution only for 6 h,hard to meet the requirements of tissue regeneration.Consequently,ultraviolet(UV)photo-crosslinking is involved to obtain the dual crosslinking hydrogels with enhanced mechanical properties and stability.When MAPEG grafting ratio is 35.5%,the dual crosslinking hydrogels can maintain the shape in phosphate-buffered saline solution(PBS)for at least 8 days.Loading with adipose-derived stem cell spheroids,the self-healing hydrogels are injected and self-heal to a whole,and then they are crosslinked in situ via UV-irradiation,obtaining the dual crosslinking hydrogels/cell spheroids complex with cell viability of 86.7%±6.0%,which demonstrates excellent injectability,subcutaneous gelatinization,and biocompatibility of hydrogels as cell carriers.The novel PMHU hydrogels crosslinked by quadruple hydrogen bonding and then dual photo-crosslinking of double bond are expected to be applied for minimal invasive surgery or therapies in tissue engineering.     

Current Intelligent Injectable Hydrogels for In Situ Articular Cartilage Regeneration

Abstract

A high number of sport injuries result in damage to articular cartilage, a tissue type with poor self-healing capacity. Articular cartilage tissue is a sophisticated hydrogel, which contains 80% water and possesses strong mechanical properties. For this reason, synthetic hydrogels are thought to be an optimal material for cartilage regeneration. In the last decade, more than 2,000 research papers pertaining to “hydrogel and cartilage” have been published. Due to its biomimetic properties and user-friendly nature, especially in the field of minimal invasive surgery, intelligent injectable hydrogel have gradually become a focal point in cartilage research in recent years. In this review, we systematically summarize current “state-of-the-art” manufacture technologies of injectable hydrogels including ion-induced, thermo-induced, non-induced chemical, and light-induced crosslinking. We also review current strategies for designing intelligent injectable hydrogels, such as component-based, mechanical property-based and structure-based intelligent design to simulate the natural articular cartilage. Lastly, the applications of intelligent injectable hydrogels for cartilage regeneration are presented, and their outlooks for future clinical translation is dicussed.     

Tunable biohybrid hydrogels from coacervation of hyaluronic acid and PEO-based block copolymers

Accurately tuning the macroscopic properties of biopolymer-based hydrogels remains challenging due to the ill-defined molecular architecture of the natural building blocks. Here, we report a biohybrid coacervate hydrogel, combining the biocompatibility and biodegradability of naturally occurring hyaluronic acid (HA) with the tunability of a synthetic polyethylene oxide (PEO) -based ABA-triblock copolymer. Coacervation of the cationic ammonium or guanidinium-functionalized copolymer A-blocks with the anionic HA leads to hydrogel formation. Both mechanical properties and water content of the self-healing hydrogels can be controlled independently by altering the copolymer structure. By controlling the strength of the interaction between the polymer network and small-molecule cargo, both release rate and maximum release are controlled. Finally, we show that coacervation of HA and the triblock copolymer leads to increased biostability upon exposure to hyaluronidase. We envision that noncovalent crosslinking of HA hydrogels through coacervation is an attractive strategy for the facile synthesis of tunable hydrogels for biomedical applications.     

Effect of Amino Acid Types on the Mechanical and Antimicrobial Properties of Amino Acid-Based Polyionic Liquid Hydrogels

Polyionic liquid hydrogels attract increasing attention due to their unique properties and potential applications. However, research on amino acid-based polyionic liquid hydrogels is still in its infancy stage. Moreover, the effect of amino acid types on the properties of hydrogels is rarely studied to date. In this work, amino acid-based polyionic liquid hydrogels (D/L-PCAA hydrogels) are synthesized by copolymerizing vinyl choline–amino acid ionic liquids and acrylic acids using Al³⁺ as a crosslinking agent and bacterial cellulose (BC) as a reinforcing agent. The effects of amino acid types on mechanical and antimicrobial properties are systematically investigated. D-arginine-based hydrogel (D-PCArg) shows the highest tensile strength (220.7 KPa), D-phenylalanine-based hydrogel (D-PCPhe) exhibits the highest elongation at break (1346%), and L-aspartic acid-based hydrogel (L-PCAsp) has the highest elastic modulus (206.9 KPa) and toughness (1.74 MJ m⁻³). D/L-PCAsp hydrogels demonstrate stronger antibacterial capacity against Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus, and D/L-PCPhe hydrogels possess higher antifungal activity against Cryptococcus neoformans. Moreover, the resultant hydrogels exhibit prominent hemocompatibility and low toxicity, as well as excellent self-healing capabilities (86%) and conductivity (2.8 S m⁻¹). These results indicate that D/L-PCAA hydrogel provides a promise for applications in wound dressings.     

Self-healing Polymeric Hydrogels: Toward Multifunctional Soft Smart Materials

The concept of self-healing that involves a built-in ability to heal in response to damage wherever and whenever it occurs in a material,analogous to the healing process in living organisms, has emerged a couple of decades ago. Driven primarily by the demands for life-like materials and soft smart materials, therefore, the development of self-healing polymeric hydrogels has continually attracted the attention of the scientific community. Here, this review is intended to give an in-depth overview of the state-of-the-art advances in the field of self-healing polymeric hydrogels. Specifically, recently emerging trends in self-healing polymeric hydrogels are summarized, and notably, recommendations to endow these hydrogels with fascinating multi-functionalities including luminescence, conductivity/magnetism and shape memory etc. are presented. To close, the current challenges and future opportunities in this field are also discussed.     

共轭聚合物水凝胶的制备与应用进展

共轭聚合物水凝胶是利用共轭聚合物制备的水凝胶材料,兼备水凝胶的力学性质、溶胀性质和共轭聚合物优异的电化学特性.共轭聚合物水凝胶的制备方法多样,主要有原位聚合、直接填充、物理交联和化学交联等.同时,在面对环境和能源领域的应用挑战时,共轭聚合物水凝胶具备良好的发展潜能,可广泛应用于药物释放、能量转换、能量储存、传感器、组织损伤修复和污水处理等诸多领域.本文系统归纳了共轭聚合物水凝胶的制备方法和应用,对其研究目前存在的主要问题以及未来发展方向进行了分析.     

Self-healing mineralized hydrogel scaffolds for stretch-triggered dye release

Hydrogels, with self-healing properties that can self-repair spontaneously when subjected to mechanical stress, are gaining popularity in the biomedical field. Numerous attempts have been made to create distinctive hydrogels with self-healing properties, along with stimuli-responsiveness and biocompatibility. Several techniques exist for fabricating hydrogels, including physical and chemical crosslinking via the creation of covalent bonds, and so on. Here, we prepared self-healing, stimuli-responsive, mineralized hydrogel by simply dissolving Kollidon 90-F, sodium chloride (NaCl), and potassium carbonate (K₂CO₃) in an aqueous solution. The dissociated CO₃²⁻ replaces the water molecules from the Kollidon 90-F polymer backbone and facilitates the cross-linking of the polymer chain, resulting in hydrogel formation. In addition, the in-situ produced sodium carbonate (Na₂CO₃) strengthens the hydrogel network. We optimized the mineralized hydrogels by taking various metal salts and different concentrations of K₂CO₃. The optimized hydrogel showed good stability over a period of time, was able to maintain viscoelastic properties, possessed good self-healing ability, and showed a shape retention ability. The shear-thinning property demonstrated by the optimized hydrogel could open a ray of hope in the bioprinting or 3D printing industry. Further, the stretch-responsive release of dye from the Self-healing mineralized hydrogel (SHMH) matrix confirms the mechanoresponsive behavior of the hydrogel. Overall, the findings could be utilized in the future to fabricate a stable drug delivery system that can autonomously release the drug molecules when stretched by daily processes such as joint movements.