Transforming how plastics are made, unmade, and remade through innovative research and
diverse partnerships that together foster environmental stewardship is critically important to …

Nanogels, also termed hydrogel nanoparticles, have the properties and functions of both
nanomaterials and hydrogels. Till date, a considerable number of nanogels have been …

Click chemistry is one of the most powerful strategies for constructing polymeric soft
materials with precise control over architecture and functionality. In this review, we provide a …

Schiff base, an important family of reaction in click chemistry, has received significant
attention in the formation of self-healing hydrogels in recent years. Schiff base reversibly …

A sustainable closed-loop manufacturing would become reality if commodity plastics can be
upcycled into higher-performance materials with facile processability. Such circularity will be …

The translation of small molecule chemistries into efficient methodologies for polymer
functionalization spans several decades, enabling critical advances in soft matter materials …

Hydrogels, microgels and nanogels have emerged as versatile and viable platforms for
sustained protein release, targeted drug delivery, and tissue engineering due to excellent …

Despite originating only a little more than a decade ago, click chemistry has become one of
the most powerful paradigms in materials science, synthesis, and modification. By …

Following Sharpless′ visionary characterization of several idealized reactions as click
reactions, the materials science and synthetic chemistry communities have pursued …

The development of sustainable renewable polymers from natural resources has
increasingly gained attention from scientists, engineers as well as the general public and …