An environmentally friendly wound dressing based on a self-healing, extensible and compressible antibacterial hydrogel
Maryam Tavakolizadeh, Ali Pourjavadi, Maryam Ansari, Hamid Tebyanian, Seyyed Javad Seyyed Tabaei, Monireh Atarod, Navid Rabiee, Mojtaba Bagherzadeh, Rajender S. Varma
Abstract
A self-healing wound dressing hydrogel is prepared through Schiff-base cross-linking between oxidized salep (OSa) and ethylene diamine-modified salep (SaHEA) as first network and physical cross-linking of PVA <italic>via</italic> freezing-thawing as the second network.
Topics & Concepts
Self-healingSelf-healing hydrogelsEnvironmentally friendlyWound healingExtensibilitySchiff baseEthylene glycolMaterials sciencePolymer chemistryChemistryComposite materialChemical engineeringComputer scienceOrganic chemistrySurgeryMedicineEcologyEngineeringPathologyOperating systemAlternative medicineBiologyWound Healing and TreatmentsAntimicrobial agents and applicationsElectrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications