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 …

Polymer materials provide solutions to some of the most pressing environmental,
manufacturing and health-care challenges. Traditional thermoplastic and thermoset …

Supramolecular binding motifs are increasingly employed in the design of biomaterials. The
ability to rationally engineer specific yet reversible associations into polymer networks with …

Nanocolloidal gels (NCGs) are an emerging class of soft matter, in which nanoparticles act
as building blocks of the colloidal network. Chemical or physical crosslinking enables NCG …

Medicine relies on the use of pharmacologically active agents (drugs) to manage and treat
disease. However, drugs are not inherently effective; the benefit of a drug is directly related …

Over the past century, hydrogels have emerged as effective materials for an immense variety
of applications. The unique network structure of hydrogels enables very high levels of …

Additive manufacturing (AM), also referred to as rapid prototy**, solid free-form fabrication,
or simply threedimensional (3D) printing, comprises a number of technologies that allow the …

With advances in tissue engineering, the possibility of regenerating injured tissue or failing
organs has become a realistic prospect for the first time in medical history. Tissue …

Sericin is an inexpensive glycoprotein obtained as a by-product in the silk industry. Its
variable amino acid composition and diverse functional groups confer upon it attractive …

Hydrogels prepared via self-assembly offer scalable and tunable platforms for drug delivery
applications. Molecular-scale self-assembly leverages an interplay of attractive and …