摘要
Multi-responsive hydrogels,or‘intelligent’hydrogels that respond to more than one environmental stimulus,have demonstrated great utility as a regenerative biomaterial in recent years.They are structured biocompatible materials that provide specific and distinct responses to varied physiological or externally applied stimuli.As evidenced by a burgeoning number of investigators,multi-responsive hydrogels are endowed with tunable,controllable and even biomimetic behavior well-suited for drug delivery and tissue engineering or regenerative growth applications.This article encompasses recent developments and challenges regarding supramolecular,layer-by-layer assembled and covalently cross-linked multi-responsive hydrogel networks and their application to drug delivery and tissue engineering.
基金
Preparation of this review article was supported in part by the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program[DGE-1110007 to J.M.K.].
