Related Experiment Video
Updated: Jan 28, 2026

Fragmenting Bulk Hydrogels and Processing into Granular Hydrogels for Biomedical Applications
Published on: May 17, 2022
Design principles of adhesive hydrogels for biomedical application
Zhuhao Tan1, Wenjing Song1, Li Ren1
1School of Materials Science and Engineering, National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, Key Laboratory of Biomedical Engineering of Guangdong, Province Innovation Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, P. R. China. phsongwj@scut.edu.cn.
None:
Adhesive hydrogels have great potential for application in the biomedical field. Currently, for clinical applications, adhesive hydrogels need to have the following characteristics: good biocompatibility, strong tissue adhesion, highly adaptable tissue specificity and multifunctionality, which are also included in the design principles of current adhesive hydrogels. When targeting different types of diseases in different tissues, adhesive hydrogels need different degrees of attention to these four key properties according to the characteristics of the pathological microenvironment of the tissue. In this regard, this article reviews the clinical disease characteristics of different tissues, and correspondingly introduces the considerations in the design process of adhesive hydrogels for this type of disease and application, in order to deepen the understanding of the design principles of adhesive hydrogels in biomedical applications.
Related Concept Videos
Design Example: Application of Archimedes' Principle
The volume of seawater displaced by the block is determined by first calculating the block's weight. This is done by multiplying the...
Bernoulli's Principle: Applications
Entrainment devices use a high fluid speed to create low pressures and, thus, entrain one fluid into another. Some examples of these devices are given below:
Adhesion
Capillary action is a result of water’s adhesive tendencies. When a narrow...
The Uncertainty Principle
Hardy-Weinberg Principle
The Pauli Exclusion Principle

