Figure 7.
Exogenously responsive drug delivery. A. Schematic of a wireless heat-responsive woven dressing for controllable drug release. Reproduced with permission.[148] Copyright 2017, Wiley-VCH. B. A electrical simulation-controlled wound patch for pH-responsive drug delivery. Reproduced with permission.[150] Copyright 2018, Wiley-VCH. C. Schematic of an electrically controlled drug release system coupling with electrical stimulation wound therapy. D. Electrical potential related drug release rates were observed. Reproduced with permission.[161] Copyright 2021, Elsevier. E. Design of NIR irradiation-mediated CO2 delivery for wound treatment. Reproduced with permission.[153] Copyright 2017, American Chemical Society. F. Schematic of a light responsive microalga hydrogel dressing for oxygen delivery. G. Photograph of a microalga hydrogel patch adhered to a subject’s arm. H. Comparison of wound healing process by applying with alga-gel patch and other treatments for oxygen delivery on mouse. Reproduced under the terms of the CC-BY-NC license.[154] Copyright 2020, AAAS.