Wound healing is a long-term and complex biological process that involves multiple
hemostasis, inflammation, proliferation, and remodeling stages. In order to realize …

For the past few decades, tissue sealants and adhesives have been developed as an
alternative to sutures and staples to close and seal wounds or incisions. These materials are …

Two dry surfaces can instantly adhere upon contact with each other through intermolecular
forces such as hydrogen bonds, electrostatic interactions and van der Waals interactions …

Adhesion to wet and dynamic surfaces, including biological tissues, is important in many
fields but has proven to be extremely challenging. Existing adhesives are cytotoxic, adhere …

Skin-like electronics are develo** rapidly to realize a variety of applications such as
wearable sensing and soft robotics. Hydrogels, as soft biomaterials, have been studied …

The emerging capability to 3D print a diverse palette of functional inks will enable the mass
democratization of patient-specific wearable devices and smart biomedical implants for …

Achieving strong adhesion between wet materials (ie, tissues and hydrogels) is challenging.
Existing adhesives are weak, toxic, incompatible with wet and soft surfaces, or restricted to …

Surgical sealing and repair of injured and resected gastrointestinal (GI) organs are critical
requirements for successful treatment and tissue healing. Despite being the standard of …

Minimally invasive transcatheter embolization is a common nonsurgical procedure in
interventional radiology used for the deliberate occlusion of blood vessels for the treatment …

Gelatin based adhesives have been used in the last decades in different biomedical
applications due to the excellent biocompatibility, easy processability, transparency, non …