• 文献标题:   Graphene-Lined Porous Gelatin Glycidyl Methacrylate Hydrogels: Implications for Tissue Engineering
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   SHARIFI S, SHARIFI H, AKBARI A, DOHLMAN CH, PASCHALIS EI, GONZALEZANDRADES M, KONG J, CHODOSH J
  • 作者关键词:   naturalbased hydrogel, graphene, suturable construct, heterogeneity, biomimetic, artificial cornea
  • 出版物名称:   ACS APPLIED NANO MATERIALS
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  • 被引频次:   4
  • DOI:   10.1021/acsanm.1c03201
  • 出版年:   2021

▎ 摘  要

Despite rigorous research, inferior mechanical properties and structural homogeneity are the main challenges constraining hydrogel's suturability to host tissue and limiting its clinical applications. To tackle those, we developed a reverse solvent interface trapping method, in which organized, graphene-coated microspherical cavities were introduced into a hydrogel to create heterogeneity and make it suturable. To generate those cavities, (i) graphite exfoliates to graphene sheets, which spread at the water/heptane interfaces of the microemulsion, (ii) heptane fills the microspheres coated by graphene, and (iii) a cross-linkable hydrogel dissolved in water fills the voids. Cross-linking solidifies such microemulsion to a strong, suturable, permanent hybrid architecture, which has better mechanical properties, yet it is biocompatible and supports cell adhesion and proliferation. These properties along with the ease and biosafety of fabrication suggest the potential of this strategy to enhance tissue engineering outcomes by generating various suturable scaffolds for biomedical applications, such as donor cornea carriers for Boston keratoprosthesis (BK).