Developing conductive hydrogels for biomedical applications

Abstract Conductive hydrogels have attracted copious attention owing to their grateful performances, such as similarity to biological tissues, compliance, conductivity and biocompatibility. A diversity of conductive hydrogels have been developed and showed versatile potentials in biomedical applicat...

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Main Authors: Yu Wang, Jiahui Guo, Xinyue Cao, Yuanjin Zhao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley-VCH 2024-02-01
Series:Smart Medicine
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/SMMD.20230023
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Summary:Abstract Conductive hydrogels have attracted copious attention owing to their grateful performances, such as similarity to biological tissues, compliance, conductivity and biocompatibility. A diversity of conductive hydrogels have been developed and showed versatile potentials in biomedical applications. In this review, we highlight the recent advances in conductive hydrogels, involving the various types and functionalities of conductive hydrogels as well as their applications in biomedical fields. Furthermore, the current challenges and the reasonable outlook of conductive hydrogels are also given. It is expected that this review will provide potential guidance for the advancement of next‐generation conductive hydrogels.
ISSN:2751-1871