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Recent advances in tannic acid-based gels: Design, properties, and applications

Tang, Zuwu, Chowdhury, Ilnaz Fargul, Yang, Jinbei, Li, Shi, Mondal, Ajoy Kanti, Wu, Hui·2025·Advances in Colloid and Interface Science

Abstract

With the flourishing of mussel-inspired chemistry, the fast-growing development for environmentally friendly materials, and the need for inexpensive and biocompatible analogues to PDA in gel design, TA has led to its gradual emergence as a research focus due to its remarkable biocompatible, renewable, sustainable and particular physicochemical properties. As a natural building block, TA can be used as a substrate or crosslinker, ensuring versatile functional polymeric networks for various applications. In this review, the design of TA-based gels is summarized in detail (i.e., different interactions such as: metal coordination, electrostatic, hydrophobic, host-guest, cation-π and π-π stacking interactions, hydrogen bonding and various reactions including: phenol-amine Michael and Schiff base, phenol-thiol Michael addition, phenol-epoxy ring opening reaction, etc.). Subsequently, TA-based gels with a variety of functionalities, including mechanical, adhesion, conductive, self-healing, UV-shielding, anti-swelling, anti-freezing, shape memory, antioxidant, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory and responsive properties are introduced in detail. Then, a summary of recent developments in the use of TA-based gels is provided, including bioelectronics, biomedicine, energy, packaging, water treatment and other fields. Finally, the difficulties that TA-based gels are currently facing are outlined, and an original yet realistic viewpoint is provided in an effort to spur future development.

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Authors
Tang, Z., Chowdhury, I. F., Yang, J., Li, S., Mondal, A. K., & Wu, H.
Affiliations
  • Fujian Polytechnic Normal University (CN)
  • Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BD)
  • Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University (CN)
Corresponding author
  • Mondal, Ajoy Kanti
  • Wu, Hui
Venue
Advances in Colloid and Interface Science
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2025-05
Volume
339
Pages
103425
ISSN
0001-8686 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W4407596944
Cited by
70
References
509
Citations by year
2026: 38 · 2025: 32
FWCI
4.49
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Advances in Colloid and Interface Science (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Medicine › Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications
  • Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Biomaterials › Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials
  • Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Surfaces, Coatings and Films › Polymer Surface Interaction Studies
Keywords
tannic acid, mussel-inspired chemistry, crosslinking, metal coordination, host-guest interactions, cation-π interactions, π-π stacking, hydrogen bonding, Schiff base, Michael addition, self-healing gels, shape memory effect, conductive gels, antibacterial gel, anti-inflammatory gel, responsive gels, bioelectronics, water treatment, packaging, energy materials, biomedicine

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