Facile fabrication of chitin/ZnO composite hydrogels for infected wound healing
Hongli Zhang, Xu Zhang, Qi Cao, Shuangquan Wu, Xiaoqiang Wang, Na Peng, Danlin Zeng, Jinfeng Liao, Huan Xu
Abstract
), with acceptable biocompatibility. More importantly, the chitin/ZnO composite hydrogels show an outstanding accelerated infectious full-thickness wound-healing performance with more fibroblast proliferation, more collagen deposition, and more neogenesis of the epithelium and granulation tissue. Therefore, it is expected that the chitin/ZnO composite hydrogels can serve as competitive skin wound dressings for the prevention and control of infections.
Topics & Concepts
Self-healing hydrogelsChitinWound healingComposite numberChitosanBiocompatibilityMaterials scienceChemical engineeringChemistryNanotechnologyComposite materialPolymer chemistryMedicineSurgeryBiochemistryMetallurgyEngineeringWound Healing and TreatmentsSilk-based biomaterials and applicationsElectrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications