This technique enables the production of 3-D macroscopic hydrogel fibers, which otherwise would not possible with existing fiber spinning technologies. These hydrogel fibers were further used to ...

The new material, which is a type of high-performance conducting polymer hydrogel, may one day replace metals as functional, gel-based electrodes, with the look and feel of biological tissue.

A Binghamton University researcher has received more than $870,000 in grant funding to continue her study of neuroengineering ...

Their findings, reported in Advanced Functional Materials ("Kirigami-Inspired 3D-Printable MXene Organohydrogels for Soft Electronics"), could open doors for hydrogel sensors in diverse applications ...

Functional hydrogel-based wound dressings offer a simple yet effective approach to wound treatment. Multifunctional hydrogels, equipped with self-healing capabilities, robust injectability, and ...

“We have shown that human cells can survive the pre-hydrogel mixture, they can survive the polymerization process, and they survive inside the functional gel that we've made. One of the studies we put ...

The functional hydrogel was not only a goal in and of itself, but also a means to identify the factors that influence the stem cells' ability to expand and form organoids.

More information: Yi C. et al, Optical force brush enabled free-space painting of 4D functional structures, Science Advances (2023). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adg0300 ...

The material can be made into a printable ink, which the researchers patterned into flexible, rubbery electrodes. The new material, which is a type of high-performance conducting polymer hydrogel, may ...