From: Smart polymers for cell therapy and precision medicine
Category | Mechanism | Component | Applications | Benefit | References |
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Stimuli response | Temperature | NiPAAm | Biomolecule carriers | Injectable | [29] |
Wound dressing | Long-term antimicrobial and anti-protein absorption | [30] | |||
Sensing, imaging, and carrier | Multifunctional sensing and imaging | [31] | |||
Cell culture platform | Bioactive cell recovery | [32] | |||
PU | Cell or drug carrier | Highly tunable | [33] | ||
Neural tissue engineering | Printable bioink | [34] | |||
Pluronic | Drug delivery | Injectable, thermo-responsive | [35] | ||
Photo | Epoxy resins | Dental restorative or fillers | Durable, easy operation | [36] | |
GelMA | Cell culture platform | Printable multi cells | [37] | ||
Cartilage tissue engineering | Animal model | [38] | |||
Bone tissue engineering | Structurally stable for large bone defects | [39] | |||
PU | Neural tissue engineering | Printable soft bioink | [8] | ||
Self-healing | Physical interaction | Poly(styrene-acrylic acid) | Artificial cartilage or skin | High mechanical strength | [40, 41] |
Poly(glyceryl amine) | Dermal drug delivery | Strong penetration ability | [42] | ||
Polyaniline, phytic acid | Wearable electronics | Mechanically robust | [43] | ||
Silver-nucleoside complex [Ag(I)-(N3-cytidine)2] | Metallo-DNA | Thixotropic self-healing | [44] | ||
Chemical covalent bond | Polyurea, HA | Polyurea flooring systems | Crack repair | [45] | |
HA, glycol chitosan | Cartilage tissue engineering | Biocompatibility | [46] | ||
Graphene nanoplate | Electronic devices | Electrical conductivity | [47] | ||
Shape memory | Temperature | PU | Shape memory stents or scaffolds | Biodegradability | [48] |
N,N-dimethylacrylamide | Artificial intervertebral disk | Strong interface | [49] | ||
Water | PU | Bone tissue engineering | Printable bioink | [50] | |
Cellulose | Pressure sensor | Zero poisson ratio, durable | [51] | ||
pH | Alginate | Bioglue | Adhesive | [52] |