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- Title
An Intrinsically‐Adhesive Family of Injectable and Photo‐Curable Hydrogels with Functional Physicochemical Performance for Regenerative Medicine.
- Authors
Karami, Peyman; Nasrollahzadeh, Naser; Wyss, Céline; O'Sullivan, Aine; Broome, Martin; Procter, Philip; Bourban, Pierre‐Etienne; Moser, Christophe; Pioletti, Dominique P.
- Abstract
Attaching hydrogels to soft internal tissues is crucial for the development of various biomedical devices. Tough sticky hydrogel patches present high adhesion, yet with lack of injectability and the need for treatment of contacting surface. On the contrary, injectable and photo‐curable hydrogels are highly attractive owing to their ease of use, flexibility of filling any shape, and their minimally invasive character, compared to their conventional preformed counterparts. Despite recent advances in material developments, a hydrogel that exhibits both proper injectability and sufficient intrinsic adhesion is yet to be demonstrated. Herein, a paradigm shift is proposed toward the design of intrinsically adhesive networks for injectable and photo‐curable hydrogels. The bioinspired design strategy not only provides strong adhesive contact, but also results in a wide window of physicochemical properties. The adhesive networks are based on a family of polymeric backbones where chains are modified to be intrinsically adhesive to host tissue and simultaneously form a hydrogel network via a hybrid cross‐linking mechanism. With this strategy, adhesion is achieved through a controlled synergy between the interfacial chemistry and bulk mechanical properties. The functionalities of the bioadhesives are demonstrated for various applications, such as tissue adhesives, surgical sealants, or injectable scaffolds.
- Subjects
REGENERATIVE medicine; MECHANICAL chemistry; HYDROGELS; BIOMEDICAL adhesives; SURFACE chemistry
- Publication
Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 2021, Vol 42, Issue 10, p1
- ISSN
1022-1336
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/marc.202000660