Collagen is the oldest and most abundant extracellular matrix protein that has found many
applications in food, cosmetic, pharmaceutical, and biomedical industries. First, an overview …

Reconstruction of bone defects, especially the critical-sized defects, with mechanical
integrity to the skeleton is important for a patient's rehabilitation, however, it still remains …

Thermoresponsive polymers hold great potential in the biomedical field, since they enable
the fabrication of cell sheets, in situ drug delivery and 3D-printing under physiological …

Organ and tissue loss through disease and injury motivate the development of therapies that
can regenerate tissues and decrease reliance on transplantations. Regenerative medicine …

The field of regenerative medicine has progressed tremendously over the past few decades
in its ability to fabricate functional tissue substitutes. Conventional approaches based on …

Corneal injuries are common causes of visual impairment worldwide. Accordingly, there is
an unmet need for transparent biomaterials that have high adhesion, cohesion, and …

Thermoresponsive surfaces, prepared by grafting of poly (N-isopropylacrylamide)(PIPAAm)
or its copolymers, have been investigated for biomedical applications. Thermoresponsive …

Cell-based scaffold-free therapies seek to develop in vitro organotypic three-dimensional
(3D) tissue-like surrogates, capitalising upon the inherent capacity of cells to create tissues …

Regenerative strategies such as stem cell-based therapies and tissue engineering
applications are being developed with the aim to replace, remodel, regenerate or support …

Understanding and controlling interfaces has proven to be key to a very wide range of
applications, from optical and electronic materials 1, 2 to energy storage and production, 3 …