Biomaterials with the ability to self-heal and recover their structural integrity offer many
advantages for applications in biomedicine. The past decade has witnessed the rapid …

Tissue engineering is a promising and revolutionary strategy to treat patients who suffer the
loss or failure of an organ or tissue, with the aim to restore the dysfunctional tissues and …

Energy and water are of fundamental importance for our modern society, and advanced
technologies on sustainable energy storage and conversion as well as water resource …

Photodynamic therapy is an alternative treatment mainly for cancer but also for bacterial
infections. This treatment dates back to 1900 when a German medical school graduate …

Covalent polymers connected by non-covalent interactions constitute a fascinating set of
materials known as supramolecular polymer networks (SPNs). A key feature of SPNs is that …

Tissue regeneration following injury from disease or medical treatment still represents a
challenge in regeneration medicine. Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2), which involves diverse …

With the continuous appearance and expansion of high-strength hydrogels in emerging
fields such as industry, medicine, and green development, the synthesis and application of …

Conventional drug delivery system generally deals with the issues involving repeated
dosing and systemic toxicities. Since few decades, hydrogels have played a significant role …

As an emerging drug carrier, hydrogels have been widely used for tumor drug delivery. A
hydrogel drug carrier can cause less severe side effects than systemic chemotherapy and …

Most pharmaceuticals are given using short-acting formulations that require frequent
administration, which can negatively affect patient compliance and increase failure risks …