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 …

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

Due to the good reliability and long-term stability, self-healing hydrogels have emerged as
promising soft materials for tissue engineering, smart wearable sensors, bioelectronics, and …

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 …

In this review, we focus on the very recent developments on the use of the stimuli responsive
properties of polymer hydrogels for targeted drug delivery, tissue engineering, and …

Peptide-based hydrogels have been proven to be preeminent biomedical materials due to
their high water content, tunable mechanical stability, great biocompatibility and excellent …

Abstract Poly (α-l-lysine)(PLL) is a class of water-soluble, cationic biopolymer composed of α-
l-lysine structural units. The previous decade witnessed tremendous progress in the …

In recent years, implantable biomaterials have attracted significant interest owing to their
potentials for use in the therapy of physical defects and traumas. Among the implantable …

Protein hydrogels with three-dimensional network structure can be synthesized through both
covalent and noncovalent cross-linking of protein monomers and assemblies, which have …

The development of photoactive and biocompatible nanomaterials is a current major
challenge of materials science and nanotechnology, as they will contribute to promoting …