Zhaohui Luan

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Zhaohui Luan is a leading researcher in bioadhesive hydrogels and advanced wound repair materials, with a focus on creating smart, stimuli-responsive systems for challenging medical applications. His most impactful work, a 2019 paper on ionic hydrogel sensors (334 citations), introduced a ternary system using multiple weak hydrogen bonds to achieve high sensitivity, stretchability, self-adhesion, and self-healing—a breakthrough for skin-mountable wearable electronics. Luan has also pioneered innovative solutions for gastrointestinal repair, including a mushroom-cap-inspired hyperboloid-shaped bioadhesive hydrogel for endoscopic stomach perforation closure (74 citations), addressing the critical challenge of acidic gastric environments that disrupt normal healing. Further expanding his contributions, he developed aligned nanofibrous collagen membranes from fish swim bladder as tough, acid-resistant sutures for pH-regulated stomach perforation and tendon rupture repair (13 citations). His work uniquely combines biomimetic design with practical clinical needs, demonstrating exceptional impact in both sensor technology and surgical materials. Luan’s research continues to push boundaries in creating multifunctional hydrogels that integrate mechanical robustness with biological compatibility.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   Multiple Weak H-Bonds Lead to Highly Sensitive, Stretchable, Self-Adhesive, and Self-Healing Ionic Sensors

   334 citations · 2019
2. 2
   Endoscopy Deliverable and Mushroom-Cap-Inspired Hyperboloid-Shaped Drug-Laden Bioadhesive Hydrogel for Stomach Perforation Repair

   74 citations · 2022
3. 3
   Aligned nanofibrous collagen membranes from fish swim bladder as a tough and acid-resistant suture for pH-regulated stomach perforation and tendon rupture

   13 citations · 2022

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