Synergistic All‐in‐One Electroceutical Platform Utilizing a Plasma–Photodynamic Hybrid Approach for Enhanced Wound Healing

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Authors: Jun‐Yeop Song, Hyun Cheol Bang, Young Hyun Son, Dae‐In Ha, Eun‐Ju Hong, Sun‐Woo Lee, Jeongsook Kim, Doyeong Kim, Sang‐Min Park, Kyu Pil Lee, Hyo‐Jung Kwon, Jeong Hyun Kwon
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Abstract

ABSTRACT Next‐generation medical devices that integrate multimodal therapeutic functions have great potential for wound care and skin regeneration. This paper introduces a highly flexible, body‐attachable therapeutic patch that combines cold atmospheric plasma (CAP) with bio‐organic light‐emitting diode (bio‐OLED)‐based photodynamic therapy (PDT) to enhance wound healing. The CAP component is fabricated using a novel metal‐embedding flexible CAP method and achieves outstanding environmental durability and mechanical flexibility through Ag‐mesh electrodes embedded in polymer. In parallel, a 10‐µm‐thick bio‐OLED patch with symmetric encapsulation offers superior environmental and mechanical stability, delivering over 35 mW cm − 2 at 7 V, operating 115 h under ambient conditions, and retaining full functionality after 14 days of immersion in water. In vivo studies using a murine skin‐defect model confirm that compared to monotherapies, the combination of CAP and OLED‐based PDT significantly accelerates wound closure, neovascularization, cell proliferation, and collagen deposition. Mechanistically, CAP treatment increases skin permeability and promotes photosensitizer penetration, thereby enhancing the generation of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species and activating the transforming growth factor‐beta pathway after OLED‐based PDT treatment. These results establish the hybrid CAP and OLED electroceutical as a clinically promising multimodal therapeutic platform for efficient and accelerated tissue regeneration.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Plasma Applications and Diagnostics Wound Healing and Treatments Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity

Publication details

Journal / source
Advanced Functional Materials
Publisher
Wiley
Volume
36
Issue
34
Publication date
21 January 2026
Language
EN