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 …

Hydrogels are polymer networks infiltrated with water. Many biological hydrogels in animal
bodies such as muscles, heart valves, cartilages, and tendons possess extreme mechanical …

Hydrogel-based wearable devices have attracted tremendous interest due to their potential
applications in electronic skins, soft robotics, and sensors. However, it is still a challenge for …

Self-healing hydrogels' remarkable dependability and enduring stability have made them
stand out as extremely promising soft materials for tissue engineering. The mechanism …

Given their durability and long‐term stability, self‐healable hydrogels have, in the past few
years, emerged as promising replacements for the many brittle hydrogels currently being …

As the field of biomedical engineering has become more precise and sophisticated, the
demand for highly-functionalized biomaterials has risen. In particular, novel …

Highlights•New modifications to hyaluronic acid (HA) enable both covalent crosslinking and
supramolecular assembly.•Composite HA hydrogels permit controlled drug delivery and …

Hydrogel-based flexible sensors have exhibited great application prospect in the fields of e-
skin, movement monitoring and human-computer interaction. Nevertheless, it is still a difficult …

Bioprinting researchers agree that “printability” is a key characteristic for bioink
development, but neither the meaning of the term nor the best way to experimentally …

Self‐healing hydrogels based on metal–ligand coordination chemistry provide new and
exciting properties that improve injectability, rheological behaviors, and even biological …