Synthesis of Anisotropic Hydrogels and Their Applications

Anisotropically organized three-dimensional culture platform for reconstruction of a hippocampal neural network

(2017) So Hyun Kim et al.   Nature Communications

Tough and Thermosensitive Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)/Graphene Oxide Hydrogels with Macroscopically Oriented Liquid Crystalline Structures

(2016) Zhongcheng Zhu et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Hybrid hydrogel-aligned carbon nanotube scaffolds to enhance cardiac differentiation of embryoid bodies

(2016) Samad Ahadian et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

A Multiresponsive Anisotropic Hydrogel with Macroscopic 3D Complex Deformations

(2016) Chunxin Ma et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Biomimetic jellyfish-like PVA/graphene oxide nanocomposite hydrogels with anisotropic and pH-responsive mechanical properties

(2016) Xin Peng et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE

A 3D bioprinting system to produce human-scale tissue constructs with structural integrity

(2016) Hyun-Wook Kang et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Biomimetic 4D printing

(2016) A. Sydney Gladman et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Structural hydrogels

(2016) Shuanhong Ma et al.   POLYMER

Freezing Molecular Orientation under Stretch for High Mechanical Strength but Anisotropic Hydrogels

(2016) Peng Lin et al.   Small

Photonic water dynamically responsive to external stimuli

(2016) Koki Sano et al.   Nature Communications

Monodomain hydrogels prepared by shear-induced orientation and subsequent gelation

(2016) Xiao Ying Lin et al.   RSC Advances

Hydrogel with Aligned and Tunable Pore Via “Hot Ice” Template Applies as Bioscaffold

(2016) Hongjian He et al.   Advanced Healthcare Materials

Three dimensional conjugation of recombinant N-cadherin to a hydrogel for in vitro anisotropic neural growth

(2016) Johana C. M. Vega L. et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry B

Hydrogel Assembly with Hierarchical Alignment by Balancing Electrostatic Forces

(2016) Qiang Lu et al.   Advanced Materials Interfaces

Aligned Carbon Nanotube-Based Flexible Gel Substrates for Engineering Biohybrid Tissue Actuators

(2015) Su Ryon Shin et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Fabrication of injectable, cellular, anisotropic collagen tissue equivalents with modular fibrillar densities

(2015) Benedetto Marelli et al.   BIOMATERIALS

An anisotropic hydrogel with electrostatic repulsion between cofacially aligned nanosheets

(2015) Mingjie Liu et al.   NATURE

Thermoresponsive actuation enabled by permittivity switching in an electrostatically anisotropic hydrogel

(2015) Youn Soo Kim et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Quasi-unidirectional shrinkage of gels with well-oriented lipid bilayers upon uniaxial stretching

(2015) Tasuku Nakajima et al.   Soft Matter

Influence of magnetic nanoparticle arrangement in ferrogels for tunable biomolecule diffusion

(2015) Ting-Yu Liu et al.   RSC Advances

Online determination of anisotropy during cellulose nanofibril assembly in a flow focusing device

(2015) Karl M. O. Håkansson   RSC Advances

Designed fabrication of super-stiff, anisotropic hybrid hydrogels via linear remodeling of polymer networks and subsequent crosslinking

(2015) Suji Choi et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry B

Magnetically Induced Anisotropic Orientation of Graphene Oxide Locked by in Situ Hydrogelation

(2014) Linlin Wu et al.   ACS Nano

Magnetically Aligned Supramolecular Hydrogels

(2014) Matthew Wallace et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Photo-Induced Anomalous Deformation of Poly(N-Isopropylacrylamide) Gel Hybridized with an Inorganic Nanosheet Liquid Crystal Aligned by Electric Field

(2014) Takumi Inadomi et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

3D bioprinting of tissues and organs

(2014) Sean V Murphy et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Flow-Orientation of Internal Structure and Anisotropic Properties on Hydrogels Consisted of Imogolite Hollow Nanofibers

(2014) Keisuke Kaneda et al.   SEN-I GAKKAISHI

Direct Evidence for Structural Transition Promoting Shear Thinning in Cylindrical Colloid Assemblies

(2014) Kazuhiro Shikinaka et al.   Small

Hydrodynamic alignment and assembly of nanofibrils resulting in strong cellulose filaments

(2014) Karl M. O. Håkansson et al.   Nature Communications

Hybrid hydrogels containing vertically aligned carbon nanotubes with anisotropic electrical conductivity for muscle myofiber fabrication

(2014) Samad Ahadian et al.   Scientific Reports

Magnetically Enhanced Bicelles Delivering Switchable Anisotropy in Optical Gels

(2013) Marianne Liebi et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Biomimetic Hydrogel-Based Actuating Systems

(2013) Leonid Ionov   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Anisotropically Luminescent Hydrogels Containing Magnetically-Aligned MWCNTs-Eu(III) Hybrids

(2013) Laura Maggini et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Lamellar Hydrogels with High Toughness and Ternary Tunable Photonic Stop-Band

(2013) You Feng Yue et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Dielectrophoretically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes to Control Electrical and Mechanical Properties of Hydrogels to Fabricate Contractile Muscle Myofibers

(2013) Javier Ramón-Azcón et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Thermal characterization of magnetically aligned carbonyl iron/agar composites

(2013) D. Diaz-Bleis et al.   CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS

Liquid crystalline inorganic nanosheets for facile synthesis of polymer hydrogels with anisotropies in structure, optical property, swelling/deswelling, and ion transport/fixation

(2013) Nobuyoshi Miyamoto et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Responsive hydrogels – structurally and dimensionally optimized smart frameworks for applications in catalysis, micro-system technology and material science

(2013) Artjom Döring et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Thermoresponsive Composite Hydrogels with Aligned Macroporous Structure by Ice-Templated Assembly

(2013) Hao Bai et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Multiple Shape Transformations of Composite Hydrogel Sheets

(2013) Héloïse Thérien-Aubin et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Preparation and physical properties of a macroscopically aligned lyotropic hexagonal phase templated hydrogel

(2013) Scott A. Willis et al.   REACTIVE & FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS

Swelling-driven rolling and anisotropic expansion of striped gel sheets

(2013) Myunghwan Byun et al.   Soft Matter

Aligned porous stimuli-responsive hydrogels via directional freezing and frozen UV initiated polymerization

(2013) Michael Barrow et al.   Soft Matter

Three-dimensional shape transformations of hydrogel sheets induced by small-scale modulation of internal stresses

(2013) Zi Liang Wu et al.   Nature Communications

Self-shaping composites with programmable bioinspired microstructures

(2013) Randall M. Erb et al.   Nature Communications

Dielectrophoretic fabrication of electrically anisotropic hydrogels with bio-functionalised silver nanowires

(2013) William R. Small et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry B

Tailoring Highly Oriented and Micropatterned Clay/Polymer Nanocomposites by Applying an a.c. Electric Field

(2012) Erwan Paineau et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Tubular hydrogels of circumferentially aligned nanofibers to encapsulate and orient vascular cells

(2012) Mark T. McClendon et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Anisotropic volume change of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-based hydrogels with an aligned dual-network microstructure

(2012) Jingjun Wu et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Magnetically Tunable Elasticity for Magnetic Hydrogels Consisting of Carrageenan and Carbonyl Iron Particles

(2012) Tetsu Mitsumata et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Anisotropic hydrogels fabricated with directional freezing and radiation-induced polymerization and crosslinking method

(2012) Meiling Chen et al.   MATERIALS LETTERS

Preparation of poly(ethylene glycol) aligned porous cryogels using a unidirectional freezing technique

(2012) Jingjun Wu et al.   Soft Matter

Anisotropic tough poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) hydrogels fabricated by directional freezing redox polymerization

(2012) Jintang Zhu et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry B

Aligned Macroscopic Domains of Optoelectronic Nanostructures Prepared via Shear-Flow Assembly of Peptide Hydrogels

(2011) Brian D. Wall et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Ordered Gelation of Chemically Converted Graphene for Next-Generation Electroconductive Hydrogel Films

(2011) Xiaowei Yang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Biopolymer-Based Hydrogels As Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering Applications: A Review

(2011) S. Van Vlierberghe et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Rapid and Reversible Tuning of Structural Color of a Hydrogel over the Entire Visible Spectrum by Mechanical Stimulation

(2011) Md. Anamul Haque et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Anisotropic Mechanical Properties of Collagen Hydrogels Induced by Uniaxial-Flow for Ocular Applications

(2011) Yuji Tanaka et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMATERIALS SCIENCE-POLYMER EDITION

Synthesis and characterization of uniaxial ferrogels with Ni nanorods as magnetic phase

(2011) P. Bender et al.   JOURNAL OF MAGNETISM AND MAGNETIC MATERIALS

Strain-Induced Molecular Reorientation and Birefringence Reversion of a Robust, Anisotropic Double-Network Hydrogel

(2011) Zi Liang Wu et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Lamellar Bilayers as Reversible Sacrificial Bonds To Toughen Hydrogel: Hysteresis, Self-Recovery, Fatigue Resistance, and Crack Blunting

(2011) M. Anamul Haque et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Anisotropic Hydrogel from Complexation-Driven Reorientation of Semirigid Polyanion at Ca2+Diffusion Flux Front

(2011) Zi Liang Wu et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Anisotropic enhanced water diffusion in scleroglucan gel tablets

(2011) Chiara Di Meo et al.   Soft Matter

Physically crosslinked poly(vinyl alcohol) hydrogels with magnetic field controlled modulus

(2011) Jinkui Wu et al.   Soft Matter

Microstructures and rheological properties of tilapia fish-scale collagen hydrogels with aligned fibrils fabricated under magnetic fields

(2010) S. Chen et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

Unidirectional Alignment of Lamellar Bilayer in Hydrogel: One-Dimensional Swelling, Anisotropic Modulus, and Stress/Strain Tunable Structural Color

(2010) Md. Anamul Haque et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

A self-assembly pathway to aligned monodomain gels

(2010) Shuming Zhang et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Why are double network hydrogels so tough?

(2010) Jian Ping Gong   Soft Matter

Hydrogels in Regenerative Medicine

(2009) Brandon V. Slaughter et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Hydrogels as extracellular matrix mimics for 3D cell culture

(2009) Mark W. Tibbitt et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING

Characterization of anisotropic poly(vinyl alcohol) hydrogel by small- and ultra-small-angle neutron scattering

(2009) Stephen D. Hudson et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Heterogeneity in nanocomposite hydrogels from poly(ethylene oxide) cross-linked with silicate nanoparticles

(2009) Patrick Schexnailder et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Self-organized structural hierarchy in mixed polysaccharide sponges

(2009) Farid Khan et al.   Soft Matter

The Basic Science of Articular Cartilage: Structure, Composition, and Function

(2009) Alice J. Sophia Fox et al.   Sports Health-A Multidisciplinary Approach

Highly Extensible Double-Network Gels with Self-Assembling Anisotropic Structure

(2008) Wei Yang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Hydrogels for Soft Machines

(2008) Paul Calvert   ADVANCED MATERIALS

The skin: an indispensable barrier

(2008) Ehrhardt Proksch et al.   EXPERIMENTAL DERMATOLOGY

High-Power Actuators Made of Two-Phase Magnetic Gels

(2008) Tetsu Mitsumata et al.   JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Hydrogels in drug delivery: Progress and challenges

(2008) Todd R. Hoare et al.   POLYMER

Anisotropic elasticity of magnetically ordered agarose gel

(2008) Isao Yamamoto et al.   SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF ADVANCED MATERIALS