A comprehensive review of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) hydrogels prepared by the
freezing/thawing (FT) process is presented. We discuss their preparation, gelation …

Thermal stability is a crucial property of materials, especially when they have a wide range
of thermally sensitive applications. Cellulose nanomaterials (CNMs) extracted from …

Cellulose-based materials have the advantages of renewable, non-toxic, flexible, and strong
mechanical properties, so it of is great significance to study the dielectric properties of …

There exists a technological need for advanced materials with improved properties for
emerging biomedical applications. Recent developments in macroporous materials have …

To eliminate the potential toxicity and biological incompatibility from hydrogels prepared
using synthetic polymers, researchers have paid tremendous efforts to design hydrogels …

Soft actuator materials change their shape or size in response to stimuli like electricity, heat,
light, chemical or pH. These actuator materials are compliant and well suited for soft …

Hydrogels are hydrophilic cross-linked polymer networks formed via the simple reaction of
one or more monomers with the ability to retain a significant extent of water. Owing to an …

Unlike traditional actuators, such as piezoelectric ceramic or metallic actuators, polymer
actuators are currently attracting more interest in biomedicine due to their unique properties …

Hydrogel is being broadly studied due to their tremendous properties, such as swelling
behavior and biocompatibility. Numerous review articles have discussed hydrogel polymer …

This paper reports swelling behavior of cellulose nanocrystal (CNC)-based polyacrylamide
hydrogels prepared by a radical polymerization. The CNC acts as a nanofiller through the …