外敷用高分子材料研究进展

皮肤受损后需要立即使用外敷材料,从而加速止血、保护创面、防止细菌感染,并促进创面愈合。本文在介绍伤口的分类和敷料的选择的基础上,就典型的敷料制备、干燥和成型技术,以及目前常见的外敷材料药物负载方法进行了概述。其次,重点阐述了天然高分子和合成高分子外敷材料的最新研究进展。其中天然高分子因其生物相容性好、生物可降解等特点,常用于治疗烧伤、创伤引起的皮肤和组织缺损。而合成高分子优点为:具有很长的保质期、较强的机械性能和较低的炎症反应,几乎没有携带病菌并传播的风险。目前,改性天然高分子、合成高分子及其复合材料已经在生物医药、材料学领域受到越来越多的关注。纳米技术和药物控释技术的发展,将会大大推动外敷材料的研究开发并拓宽其应用领域。     

3D打印用高分子材料及其复合材料的研究进展北大核心CSCD

3D打印技术亦称为增材制造,是基于三维数学模型数据,通过连续的物理层叠加,逐层增加材料来生成三维实体的技术。作为第三次工业革命的代表性技术之一,3D打印材料是影响3D打印技术发展与应用的关健因素。而高分子聚合物在打印材料中占据主要地位,其中高分子复合材料具有明显优势。本文综述了近年来3D打印用高分子材料及其复合材料的研究现状,包括高分子丝材、光敏树脂、高分子粉末、高分子凝胶及其它高分子材料,并对高分子材料在3D打印领域的发展进行了展望。     

天然高分子复合羟基磷灰石材料的制备与应用

羟基磷灰石(HA)是人类与动物骨骼中主要无机物组成成分,因其具有良好的生物相容性、生物活性和骨传导作用,作为新型合成生物材料已应用于骨组织的修复与替代技术。本文在介绍HA主要制备方法(如:沉淀法、乳液法、水热反应法、溶胶-凝胶法、机械化学法、固态合成法、水解法、超声化学法、热解法、模板法和电沉积法等)和应用的基础上,重点综述了各类天然高分子与HA复合材料的制备及应用研究进展。天然高分子,如:纤维素、淀粉、甲壳素、壳聚糖、蛋白(包括胶原蛋白、明胶、角蛋白、丝蛋白和植物蛋白)等,与HA复合后制备的天然高分子复合羟基磷灰石材料,在保持其生物相容性的同时,又能改善复合材料的机械性能与生物活性,使其可用于医用材料、载体材料和吸附分离材料。最后,本文指出为了满足生物体内的特殊环境(如强的韧性、与骨生长速度匹配性能等)及不同领域的要求,天然高分子复合HA材料需要发展的方向。     

3D打印用高分子材料及其复合材料的研究进展

3D打印技术亦称为增材制造,是基于三维数学模型数据,通过连续的物理层叠加,逐层增加材料来生成三维实体的技术。作为第三次工业革命的代表性技术之一,3D打印材料是影响3D打印技术发展与应用的关健因素。而高分子聚合物在打印材料中占据主要地位,其中高分子复合材料具有明显优势。本文综述了近年来3D打印用高分子材料及其复合材料的研究现状,包括高分子丝材、光敏树脂、高分子粉末、高分子凝胶及其它高分子材料,并对高分子材料在3D打印领域的发展进行了展望。     

玉米醇溶蛋白高分子材料的制备与应用进展

作为一种天然高分子,玉米醇溶蛋白(Zein)具有疏水性、可降解性、抗菌性等特点。本文在介绍Zein结构、组成及性质的基础上,首先介绍了Zein的提取与脱色方法;然后,总结了通过小分子与高分子改性制备Zein基高分子材料的方法;最后,综述了基于Zein的高分子材料在食品、生物医药、纤维、粘合剂以及其他行业的应用研究进展。作为一类生物相容与生物可降解的天然高分子材料,Zein基材料在药物载体、食品包装、粘合剂等领域将具有更广泛的发展前景。     

基于玉米醇溶蛋白高分子材料的制备与应用进展

作为一种天然高分子,玉米醇溶蛋白(Zein)具有疏水性、可降解性、抗菌性等特点。本文在介绍Zein结构、组成及性质的基础上,首先介绍了Zein的提取与脱色方法;然后,总结了通过小分子与高分子改性制备Zein基高分子材料的方法;最后,综述了基于Zein的高分子材料在食品、生物医药、纤维、粘合剂以及其他行业的应用研究进展。作为一类生物相容与生物可降解的天然高分子材料,Zein基材料在药物载体、食品包装、粘合剂等领域将具有更广泛的发展前景。     

《离子交换与吸附》征稿简则

《离子交换与吸附》是南开大学高分子研究所主办的反应性高分子学术期刊。本刊旨在反应国内外离子交换剂、吸附剂、高分子催化剂、高分子试剂、医用高分子材料以及其他功能高分子材料在科研、生产、应用和应用基础研究诸方面的进展和动向。发表科研论文和科研成果,探讨应用基础理论,介绍新的实验技术,生产技术和应用技术,交流工作经验,促进反应性高分子科学技术的发展。     

X射线吸收精细结构技术在高分子及相关材料中的应用

高分子材料由于其优异的物理和化学性能应用范围非常广泛,而同步辐射光源的发展大大提高了X射线吸收精细结构(XAFS)技术的使用.本文介绍了XAFS包括扩展X射线吸收精细结构(EXAFS)和X射线吸收近边结构(XANES)的实验原理和实验手段,综述了同行利用XAFS技术在常见高分子、有机金属高分子、钯掺杂高分子、离聚物及碳基材料等高分子领域的结构研究进展,展示了XAFS技术在高分子及其相关材料领域的重要作用和分析方法,体现了XAFS技术的优势和特点,并对XAFS技术在高分子及相关材料方面的应用进行了展望.随着同步辐射技术的发展和提高,XAFS技术在高分子领域的应用将会进一步拓展和提升.     

《高分子材料成型加工》课程教学创新探索

《高分子材料成型加工》作为高分子材料学科的必修课程,是培养具备高分子材料与工程知识,从事高分子材料研究、开发和加工应用的工程技术人员的核心课程。课程内容丰富、实践性强,具有自己独特的理论体系和技术方法。近代科学技术与工业的进步,为高分子材料学科的发展开拓了更广泛的前景,同时对《高分子材料成型加工》课程教学也提出了更高更新的要求,为此传统的教学资源和方法急待改革和完善。本文从优化教学内容、开拓教学模式、增加学科融合和交叉等方面对高分子材料成型加工课程的教学进行了创新性探索,通过深入优化教学方案,提高教学质量和人才培养质量,为学生今后从事高分子材料方面的工作奠定良好的理论和实践基础。     

中国化学会第17届反应性高分子学术研讨会第一轮通知

1.会议概况经中国化学会批准,《中国化学会第17届反应性高分子学术研讨会》定于2014年7月18~21日在常州大学召开。本次会议由南开大学高分子化学研究所,功能高分子材料教育部重点实验室,常州大学,常州大学化学工程与技术省优势学科,江苏省绿色催化材料与技术重点实验室和《离子交换与吸附》杂志社共同承办。欢迎全国各地高分子学科的学者和科技工作者报名参加。欢迎您就下列内容踊跃投稿(只收论文摘要):(1)离子交换材料、吸附材料、高分子催化剂、高分子试剂     

Polymer-based Biomaterials as Dressings for Chronic Stagnating Wounds

Chronic wounds, such as venous, pressure, and diabetic ulcers, are difficult to heal and represent a rising social and economical problem. Compared to acute wounds, non-healing wounds contain elevated levels of neutrophil elastase, pro-inflammatory cytokines (IL-1β, IL-6, IL-8), and matrix metalloproteases (MMP-2, MMP-9, MMP-13) as well as free radicals. Their overproduction perpetuates the inflammatory phase resulting in severe tissue damage and degradation of growth factors. Consequently, wound closure is prevented and the wound remains non-healing for month or even years. The increasing numbers of patients suffering from wounds that fail to heal are a significant challenge for health care professionals. Wound dressings play an important role in the entire management of these wounds. New materials and treatment strategies are needed to improve wound care. Recent advances in the field of biomaterials and their medical applications indicate the significance and potential of various natural polymers in the development of novel classes of wound dressings. Native polymers are an ideal source for bio-active wound dressings because of their availability and biocompatibility. Hence, several studies have been conducted to explore the influence of wound dressings consisting of collagen, oxidized regenerated cellulose, bacterial cellulose, chitosan, or alginate on the destructive milieu in chronic wounds.     

Multifunctional fibrous wound dressings for refractory wound healing

Refractory wounds have always been an important issue to healthcare systems, whose healing process is always delayed by multiple factors, including bacterial infections, chronic inflammation, and excessive exudates, etc. Employing multifunctional wound dressings is recognized as an effective strategy to deal with refractory wounds, which has yielded promising outcomes in recent years. Among these advanced wound dressings, fibrous dressings have gained growing attention due to their unique merits. Such wound dressings have demonstrated great potential in delivering theranostic agents, such as antibacterial agents, anti-inflammatory drugs, growth factors, and diagnostic probes, etc., for the purposes of accelerating wound healing. This paper reviews the development of multifunctional fibrous dressings and their applications in treating refractory wounds. The construction approaches of novel fibrous dressing with capabilities of antibacterial, anti-inflammation, exudate management and diagnosis were also introduced. Furthermore, the existing problems and challenges are also discussed briefly.     

Functional Microneedle Patch for Wound Healing and Biological Diagnosis and Treatment

Wound healing, especially chronic wounds, has been one of the major challenges in the field of biomedicine. Drug therapy alone is not effective, so a variety of functional wound healing dressings have been developed. Microneedles have attracted more and more attentions in the field of wound healing dressings due to their penetration and high drug delivery efficiency. In this review, all the studies on the application of microneedles in wound healing in recent years are summarized, classify different microneedles according to their functions in the process of wound healing, discuss the current challenges in the transformation of microneedle technology toward clinical applications, and finally look forward to the future design and development directions of microneedles in this field.     

A Bi‐Layer PVA/CMC/PEG Hydrogel with Gradually Changing Pore Sizes for Wound Dressing

Wound dressings are vital for cutaneous wound healing. In this study, a bi‐layer dressing composed of polyvinyl alcohol/carboxymethyl cellulose/polyethylene glycol (PVA/CMC/PEG) hydrogels is produced through a thawing–freezing method based on the study of the pore size of single‐layer hydrogels. Then the physical properties and healing of full‐thickness skin defects treated with hydrogels are inspected. The results show that the pore size of the single‐layer PVA/CMC/PEG hyrogel can be controlled. The obtained non‐adhesive bi‐layer hydrogels show gradually increasing pore sizes from the upper to the lower layer and two layers are well bonded. In addition, bi‐layer dressings with good mechanical properties can effectively prevent bacterial penetration and control the moisture loss of wounds to maintain a humid environment for wounds. A full‐thickness skin defect test shows that bi‐layer hydrogels can significantly accelerate wound closure. The experiment indicates that the bi‐layer PVA/CMC/PEG hydrogels can be used as potential wound dressings.     

Antimicrobial Peptide‐Based Electrospun Fibers for Wound Healing Applications

Current wound healing treatments such as bandages and gauzes predominantly rely on passively protecting the wound and do not offer properties that increase the rate of wound healing. While these strategies are strong at protecting any infection after application, they are ineffective at treating an already infected wound or assisting in tissue regeneration. Next‐generation wound healing treatments are being developed at a rapid pace and have a variety of advantages over traditional treatments. Features such as gas exchange, moisture balance, active suppression of infection, and increased cell proliferation are all central to developing the next successful wound healing dressing. Electrospinning has already been shown to have the qualities required to be a key technique of next generation polymer‐based wound healing treatments. Combined with antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), electrospun dressings can indeed become a formidable solution for the treatment of both acute and chronic wounds. The literature on combining electrospinning and AMPs is now starting to increase and this review aims to give a comprehensive overview of the current developments that combine electrospinning technology and AMPs in order to make multifunctional fibers effective against infection in wound healing.     

A Spray‐Filming Self‐Healing Hydrogel Fabricated from Modified Sodium Alginate and Gelatin as a Bacterial Barrier

Self‐healing hydrogels as wound dressings still face challenges in infection prevention, especially in the dressing of mass wounds, due to their inflexibility and the slow formation of the protective film on the wound. Therefore, designing a spray‐filming (rapid‐forming) hydrogel that can serve as a bacterial barrier is of particular significance in the development of wound dressings. Here, a self‐healing hydrogel based on adipic acid dihydrazide‐modified gelatin (Gel‐ADH) and monoaldehyde‐modified sodium alginate(SA‐mCHO) is prepared. Using dynamic, Schiff base bonds, the hydrogels exhibit excellent self‐healing properties. Moreover, the gelation time of SA‐mCHO/Gel‐ADH (SG) hydrogels is shortened to 2–21 s, resulting in rapid filming by spraying the two precursor solutions. In addition, the rapid spray‐filming ability might offer sufficient flexibility and rapidity for dealing with mass and irregular wounds. Notably, the bacterial barrier experiments show that the SG hydrogel films could form an effective barrier to Staphylococcus aureus and Candida albicans for 12 h. Therefore, SG hydrogels could be used in wound dressings and they show great promise in applications associated with mass and irregular traumas.     

Natural okra-based hydrogel for chronic diabetic wound healing

As a representative of chronic wounds, the long-term high levels of oxidative stress and blood sugar in chronic diabetic wounds lead to serious complications, making them the biggest challenge in the research on wound healing. Many edible natural biomaterials rich in terpenes, phenols, and flavonoids can act as efficient antioxidants. In this study, okra extract was selected as the main component of a wound dressing. The okra extracts obtained via different methods comprehensively maintained the bioactivity of multiple molecules. The robust antioxidant properties of okra significantly reduced intracellular reactive oxygen species production, thereby accelerating the wound healing process. The results showed that okra extracts and their hydrogel dressings increased cell migration, angiogenesis, and re-epithelization of the chronic wound area, considerably promoting wound remodeling in diabetic rats. Therefore, okra-based hydrogels are promising candidates for skin regeneration and wider tissue engineering applications.     

Hemocompatibility of Ca2+‐Crosslinked Nanocellulose Hydrogels: Toward Efficient Management of Hemostasis

The present work investigates Ca²⁺‐crosslinked nanofibrillated cellulose hydrogels as potential hemostatic wound dressings by studying core interactions between the materials and a central component of wounds and wound healing—the blood. Hydrogels of wood‐derived anionic nanofibrillated cellulose (NFC) and NFC hydrogels that incorporate kaolin or collagen are studied in an in vitro whole blood model and with platelet‐free plasma assays. The evaluation of thrombin and factor XIIa formation, platelet reduction, and the release of activated complement system proteins, shows that the NFC hydrogel efficiently triggered blood coagulation, with a rapid onset of clot formation, while displaying basal complement system activation. By using the NFC hydrogel as a carrier of kaolin, the onset of hemostasis is further boosted, while the NFC hydrogel containing collagen exhibits blood activating properties comparable to the anionic NFC hydrogel. The herein studied NFC hydrogels demonstrate great potential for being part of advanced wound healing dressings that can be tuned to target certain wounds (e.g., strongly hemorrhaging ones) or specific phases of the wound healing process for optimal wound management.     

Nonwoven Releasing Propolis as a Potential New Wound Healing Method—A Review

Wound healing poses a serious therapeutic problem. Methods which accelerate tissue regeneration and minimize or eliminate complications are constantly being sought. This paper is aimed at evaluation of the potential use of biodegradable polymer nonwovens releasing propolis as wound healing dressings, based on the literature data. Propolis is honeybee product with antioxidant, antibacterial, antifungal, anticancer, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and regenerative properties. Controlled release of this substance throughout the healing should promote healing process, reduce the risk of wound infection, and improve aesthetic effect. The use of biodegradable aliphatic polyesters and polyester carbonates as a propolis carrier eliminates the problem of local drug administration and dressing changes. Well-known degradation processes and kinetics of the active substance release allows the selection of the material composition appropriate to the therapy. The electrospinning method allows the production of nonwovens that protect the wound against mechanical damage. Moreover, this processing technique enables adjusting product properties by modifying the production parameters. It can be concluded that biodegradable polymer dressings, releasing a propolis, may find potential application in the treatment of complicated wounds, as they may increase the effectiveness of treatment, as well as improve the patient’s life quality.     

The gel swelling properties of alginate fibers and their applications in wound management

Calcium alginate fibers have a novel gel‐forming capability in that, upon the ion exchange between sodium ions in the contact solution and calcium ions in the fiber, the fiber slowly transforms into a fibrous gel. This paper reviews the principles of the gel‐forming process for alginate fibers and analyzed the gelling behavior of various types of alginate fibers. The absorption characteristics of alginate wound dressings were analyzed and it was found that alginate wound dressings absorb a large quantity of liquid into the fiber structure, in addition to those held between the fibers in the textile structure. This gives rise to the unique gel blocking properties of alginate wound dressings. In addition, alginate wound dressings also have novel hemostatic and antimicrobial properties as well as the ability to promote wound healing. They are now widely used in the management of highly exuding wounds such as leg ulcers, pressure sores, and surgical wounds. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.