Bioinspired Structural Color Patch with Anisotropic Surface Adhesion
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Patch plays an important role in clinical medicine for its broad applications in tissue repair and regeneration. Here, inspired by the diverse adhesion, anti-adhesion, and responsive structural color phenomena in biological interfaces, we present a hybrid hydrogel film with an adhesive polydopamine (PDA) layer and an anti-adhesive poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate (PEGDA) layer in an inverse opal scaffold. It was demonstrated that the resultant hydrogel film could serve as a functional tissue patch with an excellent adhesion property on one surface for repairing injured tissues and an anti-adhesion property on the other surface for preventing adverse adhesion. Besides, because of the responsive structural color, the patch was imparted with self-reporting mechanical capability, which could provide a real-time color-sensing feedback to monitor the heartbeat activity. Moreover, the catechol groups on PDA imparted the patch with high tissue adhesiveness and self-healing capability in vivo. These features give the bioinspired patch high potential in biomedical applications.
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