Restricted Research - Award List, Note/Discussion Page
Fiscal Year: 2023
117 University of North Texas (142005)
Principal Investigator: Kim,Jungkwun
Total Amount of Contract, Award, or Gift (Annual before 2011): $ 226,049
Exceeds $250,000 (Is it flagged?): No
Start and End Dates: 10/1/22 - 8/31/24
Restricted Research: YES
Academic Discipline: Electrical Engineering
Department, Center, School, or Institute: College of Engineering
Title of Contract, Award, or Gift: Collaborative Research: Microneedle-mediated Adaptive Phototherapy (MAP) for Wound Healing
Name of Granting or Contracting Agency/Entity:
National Science Foundation
CFDA Link: NSF
47.041
Program Title:
none
CFDA Linked: Engineering Grants
Note:
This research proposal aims to develop the next generation wound dressing, Microneedle-mediated Adaptive Photobiomodulation (or MAP), which enables simultaneous tissue healing and antimicrobial effects based on a microneedle-mediated, self-diagnosis, in situ localized PBM therapy. Three key components of the MAP comprise: 1) an array of various height and shape microneedles where the various heights enable to diagnose or treat the different layers of the tissue and the various shapes can modulate the light wavelength as a waveguide or a lens, 2) micropatterned chemo-mechanical hydrogel which enables to self-actuate the microneedle by swelling in higher pH and shrinking in lower pH, and 3) an array of pH-sensitive dye where it will be infused to the hydrogel for an adaptive optical filter (i.e., color filter).
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