Self‐Healing Hydrogels: The Next Paradigm Shift in Tissue Engineering?
University of Wollongong · Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute · +12 more institutions
Abstract
Given their durability and long-term stability, self-healable hydrogels have, in the past few years, emerged as promising replacements for the many brittle hydrogels currently being used in preclinical or clinical trials. To this end, the incompatibility between hydrogel toughness and rapid self-healing remains unaddressed, and therefore most of the self-healable hydrogels still face serious challenges within the dynamic and mechanically demanding environment of human organs/tissues. Furthermore, depending on the target tissue, the self-healing hydrogels must comply with a wide range of properties including electrical, biological, and mechanical. Notably, the incorporation of nanomaterials into double-network…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 22.37
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 429
Authors
11- STSepehr Talebian
University of Wollongong, Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute, ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science
- MMMehdi Mehrali
Technical University of Denmark
- NTNayere Taebnia
Technical University of Denmark
- CPCristian Pablo Pennisi
Aalborg University
- FBFiroz Babu Kadumudi
Technical University of Denmark
Topics & keywords
- Self-healing hydrogels
- Tissue engineering
- Paradigm shift
- Self-healing
- Biomedical engineering
- Nanotechnology
- Computer science
- Materials science