A theranostic wearable laser-induced graphene-hydrogel dressing for synergistic treatment and real-time monitoring of dermatophytosis
Luojia Chen, Zihao Li, Chao Shen, Si-Ling Chen, Le Cheng, Weiran Niu, Yuncong Yuan, Yidan Zhou, Jie Li, Jiansheng Su, Nan Lin, Shi Chen, ZhongMeng Lai, Ruquan Ye, Meijia Gu · 2026
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Luojia Chen and colleagues build in 2026 a smart wound dressing that treats fungal skin infection and reports on it at the same time. Dermatophytosis, the ringworm family, recurs often and needs long monitoring, which clinic visits handle badly. Their hydrogel embeds laser-written graphene loaded with the antifungal itraconazole. The graphene's positive surface charge, measured at plus 43.1 millivolts, grabs fungal cells on contact, and ordinary sunlight warms it gently to about forty-five degrees, triggering controlled drug release.
Heat plus drug together inflicted several kinds of damage on Trichophyton rubrum, including an iron-driven death program called ferroptosis, and cleared the fungus and its biofilms in mouse models without recurrence. Because the graphene conducts, fungal load shifts its voltage signal, letting a smartphone track infection in real time. The dressing also calmed the local immune environment. The authors present it as a wearable platform joining therapy, sensing, and immune modulation.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Luojia Chen, Zihao Li, Chao Shen, Si-Ling Chen, Le Cheng, Weiran Niu, Yuncong Yuan, Yidan Zhou, Jie Li, Jiansheng Su, Nan Lin, Shi Chen, ZhongMeng Lai, Ruquan Ye, Meijia Gu |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 104 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |