Molecularly Engineered Zwitterionic Hydrogels with High Toughness and Self-Healing Capacity for Soft Electronics Applications

Mussel-Inspired Polymeric Coatings to Realize Functions from Single and Dual to Multiple Antimicrobial Mechanisms

(2021) Shihua Mao et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

High-strength and fibrous capsule–resistant zwitterionic elastomers

(2021) Dianyu Dong et al.   Science Advances

Zwitterionic Hydrogel with High Transparency, Ultrastretchability, and Remarkable Freezing Resistance for Wearable Strain Sensors

(2021) Qin Jiao et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Highly antifouling, biocompatible and tough double network hydrogel based on carboxybetaine-type zwitterionic polymer and alginate

(2021) Jing Zhang et al.   CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS

Zwitterionic hydrogel coated superhydrophilic hierarchical antifouling floater enables unimpeded interfacial steam generation and multi-contamination resistance in complex conditions

(2021) Chiyu Wen et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Soft Materials by Design: Unconventional Polymer Networks Give Extreme Properties

(2021) Xuanhe Zhao et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Effect of mesoscale phase contrast on fatigue-delaying behavior of self-healing hydrogels

(2021) Xueyu Li et al.   Science Advances

A pH‐Triggered Self‐Unpacking Capsule Containing Zwitterionic Hydrogel‐Coated MOF Nanoparticles for Efficient Oral Exendin‐4 Delivery

(2021) Yuhao Zhou et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

A General Crosslinker Strategy to Realize Intrinsic Frozen Resistance of Hydrogels

(2021) Dong Zhang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Tough hydrogels with rapid self-reinforcement

(2021) Chang Liu et al.   SCIENCE

A starch-based zwitterionic hydrogel coating for blood-contacting devices with durability and bio-functionality

(2021) Mengmeng Yao et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Zwitterionic polymers and hydrogels for antibiofouling applications in implantable devices

(2020) Nandanan Erathodiyil et al.   Materials Today

Fracture of tough and stiff metallosupramolecular hydrogels

(2020) S.Y. Zheng et al.   Materials Today Physics

Polyzwitterions as a Versatile Building Block of Tough Hydrogels: From Polyelectrolyte Complex Gels to Double-Network Gels

(2020) Haiyan Yin et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Design of Stretchable and Self-Healing Gel Electrolytes via Fully Zwitterionic Polymer Networks in Solvate Ionic Liquids for Li-Based Batteries

(2019) Anthony J. D’Angelo et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Conductive MXene Nanocomposite Organohydrogel for Flexible, Healable, Low‐Temperature Tolerant Strain Sensors

(2019) Hui Liao et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Trimethylamine N-oxide–derived zwitterionic polymers: A new class of ultralow fouling bioinspired materials

(2019) Bowen Li et al.   Science Advances

Antibacterial and Antifouling Hybrid Ionic–Covalent Hydrogels with Tunable Mechanical Properties

(2019) Jing Zhang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Polyelectrolyte and Antipolyelectrolyte Effects for Dual Salt-Responsive Interpenetrating Network Hydrogels

(2019) Kang-Ting Huang et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Slide-Ring Cross-Links Mediated Tough Metallosupramolecular Hydrogels with Superior Self-Recoverability

(2019) Si Yu Zheng et al.   MACROMOLECULES

A Multifunctional Pro‐Healing Zwitterionic Hydrogel for Simultaneous Optical Monitoring of pH and Glucose in Diabetic Wound Treatment

(2019) Yingnan Zhu et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Developing mechanically robust, triazole-zwitterionic hydrogels to mitigate foreign body response (FBR) for islet encapsulation

(2019) Qingsheng Liu et al.   BIOMATERIALS

A comprehensive study and comparison of four types of zwitterionic hydrogels

(2018) Weiqiang Zhao et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE

Soft Hydrogel Zwitterionic Coatings Minimize Fibroblast and Macrophage Adhesion on Polyimide Substrates

(2018) Dušana Trel’ová et al.   LANGMUIR

Programmed Deformations of 3D-Printed Tough Physical Hydrogels with High Response Speed and Large Output Force

(2018) Si Yu Zheng et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Self-Healing Zwitterionic Microgels as a Versatile Platform for Malleable Cell Constructs and Injectable Therapies

(2018) Andrew Sinclair et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Extremely Stretchable, Self-Healable Elastomers with Tunable Mechanical Properties: Synthesis and Applications

(2018) JianHua Xu et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Tough, Adhesive, Self-Healable, and Transparent Ionically Conductive Zwitterionic Nanocomposite Hydrogels as Skin Strain Sensors

(2018) Liufang Wang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Zwitterionic Skins with a Wide Scope of Customizable Functionalities

(2018) Zhouyue Lei et al.   ACS Nano

Low-Fouling Thin Hydrogel Coatings Made of Photo-Cross-Linked Polyzwitterions

(2018) Julian Koc et al.   LANGMUIR

Multiscale Energy Dissipation Mechanism in Tough and Self-Healing Hydrogels

(2018) Kunpeng Cui et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Optically transparent, high-toughness elastomer using a polyrotaxane cross-linker as a molecular pulley

(2018) Hiroaki Gotoh et al.   Science Advances

Structural Dependence of Salt-Responsive Polyzwitterionic Brushes with an Anti-Polyelectrolyte Effect

(2017) Shengwei Xiao et al.   LANGMUIR

How to manipulate the upper critical solution temperature (UCST)?

(2017) Jukka Niskanen et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Advances in engineering hydrogels

(2017) Yu Shrike Zhang et al.   SCIENCE

Non-sticky and antimicrobial zwitterionic nanocomposite dressings for infected chronic wounds

(2017) Kang-Ting Huang et al.   Biomaterials Science

One-step synthesis of an antibacterial and pro-healing wound dressing that can treat wound infections

(2017) Yingnan Zhu et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry B

Synthesis and characterization of a zwitterionic hydrogel blend with low coefficient of friction

(2016) Allen O. Osaheni et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

Molecular level studies on interfacial hydration of zwitterionic and other antifouling polymers in situ

(2016) Chuan Leng et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

Electrospun zwitterionic nanofibers with in situ decelerated epithelialization property for non-adherent and easy removable wound dressing application

(2016) Afeesh Rajan Unnithan et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Metal-Coordination Complexes Mediated Physical Hydrogels with High Toughness, Stick–Slip Tearing Behavior, and Good Processability

(2016) Si Yu Zheng et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Hierarchical zwitterionic modification of a SERS substrate enables real-time drug monitoring in blood plasma

(2016) Fang Sun et al.   Nature Communications

Zwitterionic hydrogels promote skin wound healing

(2016) Yingnan Zhu et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry B

Oppositely Charged Polyelectrolytes Form Tough, Self-Healing, and Rebuildable Hydrogels

(2015) Feng Luo et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Weak Hydrogen Bonding Enables Hard, Strong, Tough, and Elastic Hydrogels

(2015) Xiaobo Hu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

A Mechanically Strong, Highly Stable, Thermoplastic, and Self-Healable Supramolecular Polymer Hydrogel

(2015) Xiyang Dai et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Molecular Understanding and Design of Zwitterionic Materials

(2014) Qing Shao et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Integrated Antimicrobial and Nonfouling Zwitterionic Polymers

(2014) Luo Mi et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Crack Blunting and Advancing Behaviors of Tough and Self-healing Polyampholyte Hydrogel

(2014) Feng Luo et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Materials both Tough and Soft

(2014) J. P. Gong   SCIENCE

"Nonswellable" Hydrogel Without Mechanical Hysteresis

(2014) H. Kamata et al.   SCIENCE

Toughening Elastomers with Sacrificial Bonds and Watching Them Break

(2014) E. Ducrot et al.   SCIENCE

A Robust, One-Pot Synthesis of Highly Mechanical and Recoverable Double Network Hydrogels Using Thermoreversible Sol-Gel Polysaccharide

(2013) Qiang Chen et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Synthesis of Highly Stretchable, Mechanically Tough, Zwitterionic Sulfobetaine Nanocomposite Gels with Controlled Thermosensitivities

(2013) Jinyan Ning et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Zwitterionic hydrogels implanted in mice resist the foreign-body reaction

(2013) Lei Zhang et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Physical hydrogels composed of polyampholytes demonstrate high toughness and viscoelasticity

(2013) Tao Lin Sun et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

The effect of lightly crosslinked poly(carboxybetaine) hydrogel coating on the performance of sensors in whole blood

(2012) Wei Yang et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Highly stretchable and tough hydrogels

(2012) Jeong-Yun Sun et al.   NATURE

Multifunctional and degradable zwitterionic nanogels for targeted delivery, enhanced MR imaging, reduction-sensitive drug release, and renal clearance

(2011) Lei Zhang et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Engineering the Polymer Backbone To Strengthen Nonfouling Sulfobetaine Hydrogels

(2010) Louisa Carr et al.   LANGMUIR

Ultralow-Fouling, Functionalizable, and Hydrolyzable Zwitterionic Materials and Their Derivatives for Biological Applications

(2009) Shaoyi Jiang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS