Advanced Fiber Materials, Volume. 6, Issue 2, 00355(2024)

Hierarchical Self-Assembly of Injectable Alginate Supramolecular Nanofibril Hydrogels for Hemostasis In Vivo

Linan Wang1...2, Wenwen Hou1, Qingxu Zhang1, Haiyan Qiao1, Min Lin1, Zhaocun Shen1, Xinchang Pang2 and Kunyan Sui1,* |Show fewer author(s)
Author Affiliations
  • 1State Key Laboratory of Bio-Fibers and Eco-Textiles, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shandong Collaborative Innovation Center of Marine Biobased Fibers and Ecological Textiles, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, People’s Republic of China
  • 2Henan Joint International Research Laboratory of Living Polymerizations and Functional Nanomaterials, Henan Key Laboratory of Advanced Nylon Materials and Application, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
  • show less

    Biomass-based supramolecular hydrogels are widely used in the biomedical field due to their favorable biocompatibility and outstanding mechanical properties. However, the preparation of injectable polysaccharide-based hydrogels has proven to be a significant challenge. Here we have employed a simple poor-solvent strategy to prepare alginate supramolecular hydrogels via a hierarchical self-assembly process, including micellization, micelles alignment to form nanofilament, and nanofibrils formation. The alginate supramolecular fibrillar hydrogels exhibit excellent mechanical properties and shear recoverability, meeting the requirements of injectable hydrogels. Furthermore, the presence of alginate and its fibrillar structures imparts superb hemostasis properties and the inherent biocompatibility to these hydrogels. Therefore, this simple and intriguing approach has the potential to develop polysaccharide-based hydrogels for hemostasis in wound within the biomedical fields.

    Tools

    Get Citation

    Copy Citation Text

    Linan Wang, Wenwen Hou, Qingxu Zhang, Haiyan Qiao, Min Lin, Zhaocun Shen, Xinchang Pang, Kunyan Sui. Hierarchical Self-Assembly of Injectable Alginate Supramolecular Nanofibril Hydrogels for Hemostasis In Vivo[J]. Advanced Fiber Materials, 2024, 6(2): 00355

    Download Citation

    EndNote(RIS)BibTexPlain Text
    Save article for my favorites
    Paper Information

    Category: Research Articles

    Received: Aug. 16, 2023

    Accepted: Dec. 6, 2023

    Published Online: Jul. 5, 2024

    The Author Email: Sui Kunyan (sky@qdu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1007/s42765-023-00355-8

    Topics