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. 2021 Dec 9;13:100186. doi: 10.1016/j.mtbio.2021.100186

Table 3.

Smart/stimuli-responsive hydrogels employed for different biomedical applications.

Type of smart/stimuli-responsive hydrogel Smart/stimuli-responsive hydrogel polymer Smart/stimuli-responsive hydrogel system Stimuli Biomedical applications Year Refs.
Physical-responsive hydrogels Temperature-responsive hydrogels -Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAAm) -PNIPAAM covalently grafted onto a flat substrate that forms the bottom of the microfluidic device -Temperature -Microfluidic actuators 2018 [332]
-Methylacrylate gelatin (GelMA) -GelMA-PDA-ASP nanocomposite hydrogels -Temperature -Dressing to enhance skin wound healing
-Targeted delivery of ASP
2021 [333]
-Polyacrylamide (PAAM)
-Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAAm)
-CNW–PAAm–PNIPAm nanocomposites -Temperature
-PH
-Promising for different biomedical applications 2015 [222]
-Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAAm)-Hydrophobically associated polyacrylamide (HAPAM) hydrogel (HAPAM-PNIPAAM) -Mxene-HAPAM-PNIPAAM nanocomposite double-network hydrogel -Temperature
-Compression/stress
-Smart compression biosensors 2019 [192]
Light/photo-responsive hydrogels -Polyacrylamide (PAAM) -Conducting polymer hydrogel (CPH) based on copolymerized PANI and PAM (PAM/PANI CPH) -NIR light -Neural tissue engineering 2020 [334]
-Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAAM) -Poly(diketopyrrolopyrrole-alt-3,4 ethylenedioxythiophene)-PNIPAAm -NIR light -Targeted and controlled drug delivery for cancer treatment 2017 [136]
-Poly(N,N-dimethylacrylamide (PDMA) -PDMA/Coumarin copolymers -Photo/light -Promising for different biomedical applications 2018 [125]
Electric-responsive hydrogels -Carboxymethyl chitosan (CMCH)
-Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) conductive polymer layer
-Conductive hydrogels (PEDOT/CMCH) -Electric field -Neural Tissue engineering 2018 [335,336]
-Chitosan (CH) -PAAM–CH–PPy -Electric field -Biosensors
-Tissue engineering
-Drug Delivery
2018 [149]
Magnetic-responsive hydrogels -Methylacrylate gelatin (GelMA) -GelMA-SPIONs nanocomposites -Magnetic -Promising for different biomedical applications
-3D printing
2020 [170]
-N-isopropylacrylamide (NIPAAM)
-Polyacrylamide (PAAM)
-Nanocomposite hydrogel system (NIPAAm–AAm–PEDGA and MNPs) -Magnetic -Microactuators 2016 [174]
-Polyethylene glycol (PEG) -Janus microparticle-PEG nanocomposites -Magnetic -Microactuators and robotics
-3D printing
2021 [173]
Pressure/strain-responsive hydrogels -Poly(acrylamide-co-Lauryl Methacrylate) (P(AAM-co-LMA)) -Hybrid Latex Nanoparticles (HLPs) crosslinked P(AAM-co-LMA) -Pressure/strain -Wearable biosensors 2019 [191]
-Carboxy Meyhylcellulose (CMC)
-Polyacrylamide (PAAM)
-PAAm/CMC semi-interpenetrating network hydrogel -Pressure/strain Strain sensors 2020 [190]
Ultrasound-responsive hydrogels -Alginate (Alg.) -Ionic crosslinked Alginate hydrogels (Calcium Alginate hydrogels) -Ultrasound Drug delivery 2014 [202]
-Polyethylene Glycol (PEG) -Sericin/hydrogel scaffold -Ultrasound Drug delivery 2019 [199]
Chemical-responsive hydrogels PH-responsive hydrogels -Poly(acrylamidoglycolic acid) (PAGA) -Poly(acrylamidoglycolic acid) based nanocomposite (PAGA-NC) -PH -Drug Delivery 2017 [229]
-Poly(methacryloyloxyethyl phosphorylcholine-co-4-formylbenzoate ethyl methacrylate)
P(MPC-co-FBEMA) copolymers
-P(MPC-co-FBEMA)-ASNP nanocomposite hydrogels -PH -Controlled drug delivery 2020 [232]
-Collagen (Col) -Col-JK-1 -PH
-Enzyme (MMPs)
-Tissue engineering
-Drug delivery
2019 [337]
-Chitosan (CH) -CH/CG composite -PH
-Salt
Cartilage Tissue Engineering 2018 [338]
-pre-gel hydrogel solution 80 ​mol% acrylamide, 8 ​mol% 3-acrylamidophenylboronic acid, 10 ​mol% ​N-[3-(dimethylamino)propyl]methacrylamide, 2 ​mol% ​N,N′-methylenebisacrylamide -Three-layered ​microfluidic sensing device:
Bottom: polycarbonate
Center: polyvinyl chloride (PVC)
Top: another layer of polycarbonate and the smart hydrogel pillars in the microfluidic channels
-PH -sensors for monitoring disease biomarkers or environmental contaminants in drinking water 2018 [339]
Glucose-responsive hydrogels -Phenylboronic acid-grafted γ-Polyglutamic acid (PBA-PGA) -KGM/PBA-PGA -Glucose -Drug Delivery 2021 [248]
-Poly(N-vinylpyrrolidone-co-dimethylamino)ethyl acrylate-co-3-(acrylamido)PBA
(P(NVP-co-DMAEA-co-3APBA))
- Ethylene glycol dimethacrylate (EGDMA)
-GR-MN (Glucose-responsive microneedle patch) based on p(NVP-co-DMAEA-co-3APBA) -Glucose -Drug Delivery 2020 [254]
Ionic strength and Redox-responsive hydrogels -Polyethylene Glycol (PEG) -Poly(ethyleneglycol)-block-poly(γ-propargyl-l-glutamate) (PEG-PPLG) -Redox
-Temperature
-Promising for different biomedical applications 2017 [269]
-Gelatin
-Chitosan (CH)
-Gelatin-chitosan double crosslinked networks -Ionic strength -Drug delivery 2011 [260]
Biological-responsive hydrogels Enzyme-responsive hydrogels -Hyaluronic Acid (HA)
-Gelatin
-Tyramine conjugated HA (TA-HA) and gelatin -Enzyme -Tissue engineering
-Drug delivery
2018 [340]
-Polypeptides (PLys-b-(PHIS-co-PBLG)-PLys-b-(PHIS-co-PBLG)-b-Plys) -Pentablock terpolypeptide of the type PLys-b-(PHIS-co-PBLG)-PLys-b-(PHIS-co-PBLG)-b-PLys -Enzyme
-PH
-Drug delivery 2018 [341]
-Chitosan (CH) -Alanyl-alanyl-phenylalanine-7-amido-4-methylcoumarin (AAP-AMC) covalently conjugated to chitosan -Enzyme -Biosensors
-Tissue engineering
2014 [305]
Antigen/antibody-responsive hydrogels -Polyacrylamide (PAAM) - Bio-conjugated polyacrylamide-based hydrogel (HBPAAm hydrogel) -Antigen -Biosensors 2020 [322]
-N-(9-fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl)-L, l-diphenylalanine (Fmoc-FF) -Peptide hydrogels encapsulating leishmania antigen (N-(9-fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl)-L, l-diphenylalanine (Fmoc-FF) encapsulating leishmania antigen) -Antigen -Biosensors 2017 [325]

ASP, Aspirin; CNW, Cellulose nanowiskers; PANI, polyaniline; PPY, polypyrrole; SPIONs, Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles; ASNP, Silica nanoparticles; CG, Carrageenan; KGM, Konjac glucomannan.