Smart photonic crystal hydrogels for visual glucose monitoring in diabetic wound healing.

ABSTRACT: Diabetes is a global chronic disease that seriously endangers human health and characterized by abnormally high blood glucose levels in the body. Diabetic wounds are common complications which associate with impaired healing process. Biomarkers monitoring of diabetic wounds is of great importance in the diabetes management. However, actual monitoring of biomarkers still largely relies on the complex process and additional sophisticated analytical instruments. In this work, we prepared hydrogels composed of different modules, which were designed to monitor different physiological indicators in diabetic wounds, including glucose levels, pH, and temperature. Glucose monitoring was achieved based on the combination of photonic crystal (PC) structure and glucose-responsive hydrogels. The obtain

SUBMITTER: Yang X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11470632 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature