Liquid Crystal Materials for Biomedical Applications
Liquid Crystal Materials for Biomedical Applications
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用于生物医学应用的液晶材料
DOI：
10.1002/adma.202300220
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2023
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Luoran Shang
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作者：
Zhuohao Zhang;Xinyuan Yang;Yuanjin Zhao;Fangfu Ye;Luoran Shang
液晶是介于固体和液体之间的一种物质状态。液晶材料同时表现出取向有序性和流动性。虽然液晶长期以来在显示器行业得到高度认可，但近几十年来，由于其生物相容性，多功能性和响应性，液晶为材料科学和生物医学的交叉领域提供了新的机会。本文综述了液晶材料在生物医学领域应用的最新进展。首先介绍液晶的基本概念，然后转移到液晶的组分以及由其衍生的功能材料。在此之后，液晶材料在生物医学领域的正在进行的和可预见的应用，重点放在几个前沿方面，包括药物输送，生物成像，组织工程，植入式设备，生物传感和可穿戴设备进行了讨论。希望这篇综述能激发下一代基于液晶的药物开发、人工植入、疾病诊断、健康状况监测等方面的巧妙想法。
Liquid crystal is a state of matter being intermediate between solid and liquid. Liquid crystal materials exhibit both orientational order and fluidity. While liquid crystals have long been highly recognized in the display industry, in recent decades, liquid crystals provide new opportunities into the cross‐field of material science and biomedicine due to their biocompatibility, multifunctionality, and responsiveness. In this review, the latest achievements of liquid crystal materials applied in biomedical fields are summarized. The start is made by introducing the basic concepts of liquid crystals, and then shifting to the components of liquid crystals as well as functional materials derived therefrom. After that, the ongoing and foreseeable applications of liquid crystal materials in the biomedical field with emphasis put on several cutting‐edge aspects, including drug delivery, bioimaging, tissue engineering, implantable devices, biosensing, and wearable devices are discussed. It is hoped that this review will stimulate ingenious ideas for the future generation of liquid crystal‐based drug development, artificial implants, disease diagnosis, health status monitoring, and beyond.