Biomaterials with the ability to self-heal and recover their structural integrity offer many
advantages for applications in biomedicine. The past decade has witnessed the rapid …

Low back pain (LBP) is a common disease that imposes a huge social and economic
burden on people. Intervertebral disc (IVD) degeneration (IVDD) is often considered to be …

Hydrogel nanocomposites have been recognized as 'smart materials' owing to their three-
dimensional polymeric structures that can easily stabilize the constituent nanomaterials …

Bone tissue engineering is becoming an ideal strategy to replace autologous bone grafts for
surgical bone repair, but the multihierarchical complexity of natural bone is still difficult to …

Effective therapeutic approaches to overcome the heterogeneous pro-inflammatory and
inhibitory extracellular matrix (ECM) microenvironment are urgently needed to achieve …

Hydrogels have emerged as promising materials for the construction of skin-like mechanical
sensors. The common design of hydrogel-based artificial skin requires a dielectric …

Molecular design and biomimetic/bioinspired synthesis provide facile ways for the
construction of functional nanomaterials for various applications. Peptide-based functional …

Novel advanced hydrogels can provide a versatile platform for controlled delivery and
release of various cargos, with a myriad of biomedical applications. These gel‐based …

Developing antibiotics-independent antibacterial agents is of great importance since
antibiotic therapy faces great challenges from drug resistance. Graphene oxide (GO) is a …

Designer self‐assembling peptides form the entangled nanofiber networks in hydrogels by
ionic‐complementary self‐assembly. This type of hydrogel has realistic biological and …