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Self‐Healing Supramolecular Hydrogels for Tissue Engineering Applications
Author(s) -
Saunders Laura,
Ma Peter X.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
macromolecular bioscience
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.924
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1616-5195
pISSN - 1616-5187
DOI - 10.1002/mabi.201800313
Subject(s) - self healing hydrogels , tissue engineering , supramolecular chemistry , biocompatibility , nanotechnology , supramolecular polymers , chemistry , materials science , biomedical engineering , polymer chemistry , engineering , organic chemistry , crystal structure
Self‐healing supramolecular hydrogels have emerged as a novel class of biomaterials that combine hydrogels with supramolecular chemistry to develop highly functional biomaterials with advantages including native tissue mimicry, biocompatibility, and injectability. These properties are endowed by the reversibly cross‐linked polymer network of the hydrogel. These hydrogels have great potential for realizing yet to be clinically translated tissue engineering therapies. This review presents methods of self‐healing supramolecular hydrogel formation and their uses in tissue engineering as well as future perspectives.