The pandemic of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has made biotextiles, including
face masks and protective clothing, quite familiar in our daily lives. Biotextiles are one broad …

Since the third scientific and technological revolution, electronic information technology has
developed rapidly, and piezoelectric materials that can convert mechanical energy into …

Background: Tendon and ligament injuries accounted for 30% of all musculoskeletal
consultations with 4 million new incidences worldwide each year and thus imposed a …

Human amniotic membrane (hAM) has been employed as scaffolding material in a wide
range of tissue engineering applications, especially as a skin dressing and as a graft for …

The human amniotic membrane (hAM) is the innermost layer of the placenta. Its distinctive
structure and the biological and physical characteristics make it a highly biocompatible …

A fast increasing demand of medical products based on biomaterials and tissue engineering
has led to an extensive growth in biomedical research in the past two decades. A highly …

Tendon injuries often result in significant pain and disability and impose severe clinical and
financial burdens on our society. Despite considerable achievements in the field of …

Drug and chemical development along with safety tests rely on the use of numerous clinical
models. This is a lengthy process where animal testing is used as a standard for pre-clinical …

Inspired by Nature, one of the most ambitious challenge in soft robotics is to design
actuators capable of reaching performances comparable to the skeletal muscles …

Ultrathin fibers have been widely used in thermal insulation, catalysts, drug delivery, tissue
scaffolds, wound dressing, energy storage, energy harvesting, environment engineering …