Injectable antibacterial conductive nanocomposite cryogels with rapid shape recovery for noncompressible hemorrhage and wound healing

Xin Zhao; Baolin Guo; Hao Wu; Yongping Liang; Peter X. Ma

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-04998-9

Nature Communications (Jul 2018)

Injectable antibacterial conductive nanocomposite cryogels with rapid shape recovery for noncompressible hemorrhage and wound healing

Xin Zhao,
Baolin Guo,
Hao Wu,
Yongping Liang,
Peter X. Ma

Affiliations

Xin Zhao: Frontier Institute of Science and Technology and State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi’an Jiaotong University
Baolin Guo: Frontier Institute of Science and Technology and State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi’an Jiaotong University
Hao Wu: Department of Orthopaedics, the First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Xi’an Jiaotong University
Yongping Liang: Frontier Institute of Science and Technology and State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi’an Jiaotong University
Peter X. Ma: Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04998-9
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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To improve trauma survival and surgical outcomes, hemostatic agents are needed. Here, the authors report on the development of injectable, biocompatible carbon nanotube reinforced quaternized chitosan cryogels with shape memory, conductivity and antibacterial properties for hemostatic control.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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