Recent progress in self-healing polymers and hydrogels based on reversible dynamic B–O bonds: boronic/boronate esters, borax, and benzoxaborole
Seungwan Cho, Sung Yeon Hwang, Dongyeop X. Oh, Jeyoung Park
Abstract
Reversible boronic ester-based polymers/hydrogels achieve cutting-edge biomedical applications including drug delivery, adhesion, bioimplants, healthcare monitoring by self-healing, injectability, biocompatibility, multi-responsiveness to stimuli.
Topics & Concepts
Self-healing hydrogelsBoraxBiocompatibilityDrug deliverySelf-healingPolymerAdhesionChemistryBiomedical engineeringPolymer chemistryNanotechnologyMaterials scienceOrganic chemistryEngineeringMedicinePathologyAlternative medicineRaw materialPolymer composites and self-healingElectrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical ApplicationsHydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications