title: Hydrogel biomaterials: a smart future?
abstract: Hydrogels were the first biomaterials developed for human use. The state-of-the-art and potential for the future are discussed. Recently, new designs have produced mechanically strong synthetic hydrogels. Protein-based hydrogels and hybrid hydrogels containing protein domains present a novel advance; such biomaterials may self-assemble from block or graft copolymers containing biorecognition domains. One of the domains, the coiled coil, ubiquitously found in nature, has been used as an example to demonstrate the developments in the design of smart hydrogels. The application potential of synthetic, protein based, DNA based, and hybrid hydrogels bodes well for the future of this class of biomaterials.
authors: Department of Bioengineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA. jindrich.kopecek@utah.edu
authors: Jindrich
authors: J
authors: Kopecek
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001672:Biocompatible Materials / Q000737:chemistry*; D006801:Humans; D020136:Hydrogel, Polyethylene Glycol Dimethacrylate / Q000737:chemistry*; D020100:Hydrogels / Q000737:chemistry*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols / Q000737:chemistry; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D023822:Tissue Engineering / Q000379:methods; D047391:alpha-Cyclodextrins / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D020100:Hydrogels; D010455:Peptides; D011108:Polymers; D047391:alpha-Cyclodextrins; D020136:Hydrogel, Polyethylene Glycol Dimethacrylate; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols; C032613:alpha-cyclodextrin
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