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ArticleBioactive materials2025

On-demand imidazolidinyl urea-based tissue-like, self-healable, and antibacterial hydrogels for infectious wound care.

Qi Wu, Krishanu Ghosal, Nadine Kana'an, Shounak Roy, Nagham Rashed, Ranabir Majumder, Mahitosh Mandal, Liang Gao, Shady Farah

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Article in Bioactive materials, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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Qi WuThe Laboratory for Advanced Functional/Medicinal Polymers & Smart Drug Delivery Technologies, The Wolfson Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, 3200003, Israel.
Krishanu GhosalThe Laboratory for Advanced Functional/Medicinal Polymers & Smart Drug Delivery Technologies, The Wolfson Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, 3200003, Israel.
Nadine Kana'anThe Laboratory for Advanced Functional/Medicinal Polymers & Smart Drug Delivery Technologies, The Wolfson Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, 3200003, Israel.
Shounak RoyThe Laboratory for Advanced Functional/Medicinal Polymers & Smart Drug Delivery Technologies, The Wolfson Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, 3200003, Israel.
Nagham RashedThe Laboratory for Advanced Functional/Medicinal Polymers & Smart Drug Delivery Technologies, The Wolfson Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, 3200003, Israel.
Ranabir MajumderSchool of Medical Science and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, West Bengal, 721302, India.
Mahitosh MandalSchool of Medical Science and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, West Bengal, 721302, India.
Liang GaoJinan Key Laboratory of High Performance Industrial Software, Jinan Institute of Supercomputing Technology, Jinan, 250000, China.
Shady FarahThe Laboratory for Advanced Functional/Medicinal Polymers & Smart Drug Delivery Technologies, The Wolfson Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, 3200003, Israel.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bacterial wound infections are a growing challenge in healthcare, posing severe risks like systemic infection, organ failure, and sepsis, with projections predicting over 10 million deaths annually by 2050. Antibacterial hydrogels, with adaptable extracellular matrix-like features, are emerging as promising solutions for treating infectious wounds. However, the antibacterial properties of most of these hydrogels are largely attributed to extrinsic agents, and their mechanisms of action remain poorly understood. Herein we introduce for the first time, modified imidazolidinyl urea (IU) as the polymeric backbone for developing tissue-like antibacterial hydrogels. As-designed hydrogels behave tissue-like mechanical features, outstanding antifreeze behavior, and rapid self-healing capabilities. Molecular dynamics (MD) simulation and density functional theory (DFT) calculation were employed to well-understand the extent of H-bonding and metal-ligand coordination to finetune hydrogels' properties.

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Antibacterial hydrogelAntibiofilm hydrogelImidazolidinyl ureaSelf-healingWound care

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PMID39484021
PMCPMC11525126

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