AIMC Topic: Hydrogels

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Thermo-responsive and phase-separated hydrogels for cardiac arrhythmia diagnosis with deep learning algorithms.

Biosensors & bioelectronics
Adhesive epidermal hydrogel electrodes are essential for achieving robust signal transduction and cardiac arrhythmia diagnosis, but detachment of conventional adhesive dressings easily causes secondary damage to delicate wound tissues due to lack of ...

Triboelectric Sensors Based on Glycerol/PVA Hydrogel and Deep Learning Algorithms for Neck Movement Monitoring.

ACS applied materials & interfaces
Prolonged use of digital devices and sedentary lifestyles have led to an increase in the prevalence of cervical spondylosis among young people, highlighting the urgent need for preventive measures. Recent advancements in triboelectric nanogenerators ...

Bioinspired Super-Robust Conductive Hydrogels for Machine Learning-Assisted Tactile Perception System.

Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
Conductive hydrogels have attracted significant attention due to exceptional flexibility, electrochemical property, and biocompatibility. However, the low mechanical strength can compromise their stability under high stress, making the material susce...

Optimizing gelation time for cell shape control through active learning.

Soft matter
Hydrogels are popular platforms for cell encapsulation in biomedicine and tissue engineering due to their soft, porous structures, high water content, and excellent tunability. Recent studies highlight that the timing of network formation can be just...

From Sea Cucumbers to Soft Robots: A Photothermal-Responsive Hydrogel Actuator with Shape Memory.

ACS applied materials & interfaces
Soft robotics has undergone considerable progress driven by materials that can effectively transduce external stimuli into mechanical actuation. Here, we report the development of a photothermal-responsive hydrogel actuator with shape memory capabili...

Robot-Assisted Synthesis of Structure-Controlled Star-Cluster Hydrogels with Targeted Mechanophysical Properties for Biomedical Applications.

Biomacromolecules
Advancements in polymer chemistry have enabled the design of macromolecular structures with tailored properties for diverse applications. Reversible addition-fragmentation chain-transfer (RAFT) polymerization is a controlled technique for precise pol...

Actuation-Mediated Compression of a Mechanoresponsive Hydrogel by Soft Robotics to Control Release of Therapeutic Proteins.

Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)
Therapeutic proteins, the fastest growing class of pharmaceuticals, are subject to rapid proteolytic degradation in vivo, rendering them inactive. Sophisticated drug delivery systems that maintain protein stability, prolong therapeutic effects, and r...

Size-Coded Hydrogel Microbeads for Extraction-Free Serum Multi-miRNAs Quantifications with Machine-Learning-Aided Lung Cancer Subtypes Classification.

Nano letters
Classifying lung cancer subtypes, which are characterized by multi-microRNAs (miRNAs) upregulation, is important for therapy and prognosis evaluation. Liquid biopsy is a promising approach, but the pretreatment of RNA extraction is labor-intensive an...

Imaging-guided bioresorbable acoustic hydrogel microrobots.

Science robotics
Micro- and nanorobots excel in navigating the intricate and often inaccessible areas of the human body, offering immense potential for applications such as disease diagnosis, precision drug delivery, detoxification, and minimally invasive surgery. De...