Title
Magneto‐/ electro‐responsive polymers toward manufacturing, characterization, and biomedical/ soft robotic applications
Author
Yarali, E. (University of Tehran)
Baniasadi, Mahdi (University of Tehran)
Zolfagharian, Ali (Deakin University)
Chavoshi, Maede (University of Tehran)
Arefi, Fatemeh (University of Tehran)
Hossain, Mokarram (Swansea University)
Bastola, Anil (University of Nottingham)
Ansari, Mahdi (Arak University of Technology)
Foyouzat, Alireza (University of Tehran)
Dabbagh, Ali (University of Tehran)
Ebrahimi, Mohamad (University of Calgary)
Mirzaali Mazandarani, M. (TU Delft Biomaterials & Tissue Biomechanics)
Bodaghi, Mahdi (Nottingham Trent University)
Date
2022
Abstract
Magneto-/ electro-responsive polymers (MERPs) are a class of stimuli-responsive materials that are actuated when triggered by external magnetic/ electric fields. MERPs exhibit rapid, reversible, and safe multi-functional and dynamic (i.e., changing with time) properties, which can effectively be manipulated at different length scales. These features make MERPs very attractive particularly in biomedical engineering (e.g., drug delivery systems and tissue engineering), soft matter engineering (e.g., soft robotics), and structural design of smart materials with unprecedented properties (e.g., complex shape morphing). Due to the recent progress in the design and development of MERPs, here, we highlighted the current advances in fabricating MERPs using various manufacturing methods including 3D/ 4D printing and conventional techniques. We also summarized the methods used for the characterization of MERPs and discussed their important structure-property relationship. We also highlighted the potential applications of MERPs in biomedical engineering, soft robotic, and the design of smart materials and systems. MERPs show great potentials for creating smart materials with predictable dynamic properties. More studies are necessary to investigate the biological responses of MERP both in-vivo and in-vitro, which is essential for biomedical engineering applications.
Subject
3D/4D printing
Drug delivery systems
Magneto-/ electro-responsive polymers
Shape morphing
Soft robotics
Tissue engineering
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmt.2021.101306
Embargo date
2023-12-20
Source
Applied Materials Today, 26
Bibliographical note
Accepted Author Manuscript
Part of collection
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Document type
review
Rights
© 2022 E. Yarali, Mahdi Baniasadi, Ali Zolfagharian, Maede Chavoshi, Fatemeh Arefi, Mokarram Hossain, Anil Bastola, Mahdi Ansari, Alireza Foyouzat, Ali Dabbagh, Mohamad Ebrahimi, M. Mirzaali Mazandarani, Mahdi Bodaghi