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ArticleACS applied materials & interfaces2025

Attachment of Hydrogel Patches to Eye Tissue through Gel Transfer using Flexible Foils.

Shubham Tiwari, Luisa Goldmann, Jan Lübke, Oswald Prucker, Gottfried Martin, Günther Schlunck, Jürgen Rühe

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Article in ACS applied materials & interfaces, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Shubham TiwariDepartment of Microsystems Engineering (IMTEK), Laboratory for Chemistry & Physics of Interfaces (CPI), Albert Ludwigs Universität Freiburg, Georges Köhler Allee 103, 79110 Freiburg, Germany.
Luisa GoldmannEye Center, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Killianstraße 5, 79106 Freiburg, Germany.
Jan LübkeEye Center, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Killianstraße 5, 79106 Freiburg, Germany.
Oswald PruckerDepartment of Microsystems Engineering (IMTEK), Laboratory for Chemistry & Physics of Interfaces (CPI), Albert Ludwigs Universität Freiburg, Georges Köhler Allee 103, 79110 Freiburg, Germany.
Gottfried MartinEye Center, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Killianstraße 5, 79106 Freiburg, Germany.
Günther SchlunckEye Center, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Killianstraße 5, 79106 Freiburg, Germany.
Jürgen RüheDepartment of Microsystems Engineering (IMTEK), Laboratory for Chemistry & Physics of Interfaces (CPI), Albert Ludwigs Universität Freiburg, Georges Köhler Allee 103, 79110 Freiburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-2534-8228

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Abstract

Glaucoma, a leading cause of blindness, demands innovative and effective treatments that surpass the limitations of current drug and surgical interventions to lower intraocular pressure. This study describes the generation of cell-repellent hydrogel patches, their deposition on the ocular surface, and a photoinduced chemical binding between the patches and the collagens of the eye. The hydrophilic and protein-repellent hydrogel patch is composed of a copolymer made from dimethylacrylamide and a comonomer unit with anthraquinone moieties. A thin layer of the prepolymer is deposited on a flexible foil. This foil has a hydrophobic side on top and superhydrophilic sides on the bottom. A small amount of added water can penetrate easily through the foil and release the polymer, which is thus transferred from the foil onto the eye at the desired location. Through brief irradiation with UV light with a wavelength of 365 nm, the prepolymer is simultaneously cross-linked and covalently attached to the eye's surface through C-H insertion reactions. We describe the handling, attachment, UV irradiation effects on nearby healthy tissues, biocompatibility, stability, and cellular interaction of the patches during in vitro studies.

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Biocompatible MaterialsEyeHydrogelsAnimalsHumansHydrophobic and Hydrophilic InteractionsUltraviolet RaysBiocompatible MaterialsHydrogelsC−H insertion cross-linking (CHic)GlaucomaHistone2A stainingProtein-repellent hydrogelSurface-attached polymer networkTUNEL staining

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PMID39874588
PMCPMC11826510

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