Growing concern regarding the impact of fossil fuels has led to demands for the
development of green and renewable materials for advanced electrochemical energy …

Complex coacervation is an associative, liquid–liquid phase separation that can occur in
solutions of oppositely-charged macromolecular species, such as proteins, polymers, and …

Understanding and manipulating gas bubble evolution during electrochemical water
splitting is a crucial strategy for optimizing the electrode/electrolyte/gas bubble interface …

Natural load-bearing materials such as tendons have a high water content of about 70 per
cent but are still strong and tough, even when used for over one million cycles per year …

Ion is one of the most common additives that can impart electrical conductivity to insulating
hydrogels. The concurrent toughening effect of ions, however, is often neglected. This work …

Hydrogels, exhibiting wide applications in soft robotics, tissue engineering, implantable
electronics, etc., often require sophisticately tailoring of the hydrogel mechanical properties …

Operating at low temperatures is a great challenge that hinders the practical application of
aqueous batteries at subzero temperatures. The frozen electrolyte and the limited capacity of …

Proteins are highly labile molecules, thus requiring the presence of appropriate solvents and
excipients in their liquid milieu to keep their stability and biological activity. In this field, ionic …

Harvesting low‐grade waste heat from the natural environment with thermoelectric materials
is considered as a promising solution for the sustainable energy supply for wearable …

The salting-out action and the cation-induced-crosslinking reaction have been reported
separately for the preparation of conductive hydrogels, but there are few studies on the …