Wound-healing hydrogels synthetized by photopolymerization to improve skin tissue repair and disinfection

G. CAGNETTA; A. GALLASTEGUI; J. F. MARTUCCI; L. E. IBARRA; S. MARTINEZ; R. E. PALACIOS; C. A. CHESTA; M. L. GOMEZ

San Sebastián

Simposio; GEP-SLAP 2022; 2022

POLYMAT

An ideal dressing to treat wound-healingshould present some general properties such as:protect the wound from the environment, possessappropriate hydrophilicity [1,2], biocompatibility,antimicrobial activity, proper adhesion andflexibility allowing mobility. One of the mostversatile materials to this end is the use ofdressings based on hydrogels. [3,4]We report here on the synthesis of hydrogels byphotopolymerization, with improved properties toaid wound healing and disinfection processes.These hydrogels have excellent swelling capacity,good mechanical stability, ductility, adhesivenessand temperature response properties. In biologicaltests, these new materials showed highbiocompatibility and antibacterial activity.