During the last few decades, many researchers have investigated the self-assembly
behavior of amphiphilic block copolymers. Most of these studies concerned nanostructures …

There is increasing interest in biocompatible hydrogels for various biomedical
applications.[1] Stimulus-responsive hydrogels are of particular interest as the formation of …

In this article, we highlight some recent developments in “smart” physical hydrogels
achieved by self-assembling of block type macromolecules. More precisely we focus on two …

A unique pH-dependent phase behavior from a copolymer micellar solution to a collapsed
hydrogel with micelles ordered in a hexagonal phase was observed. Small-angle neutron …

A facile method to obtain a thermoreversible physical hydrogel was found by simply mixing
an aqueous sol of a block copolymer with a precipitate of a similar copolymer but with a …

Hydrogels have been extensively studied because of their intriguing properties and
applications (eg foods, cosmetics, biomedical uses), however, most of the systems reported …

Hydrogels for superabsorption, drug delivery matrices, and tissue engineering scaffolds
have been traditionally constructed with high molecular weight, hydrophilic polymers that …

A concentrated fish soup could be gelled in the winter and re-solled upon heating. In
contrast, some synthetic copolymers exhibit an inverse sol–gel transition with spontaneous …

Self‐assembly of macromolecules is fundamental to life itself, and historically, these systems
have been primitively mimicked by the development of amphiphilic systems, driven by the …

In the past two decades, physical polymeric hydrogels have been extensively explored for
biomedical applications, such as drug delivery and tissue engineering. These hydrogels …