Organogels are an important class of gels, and are comparable to hydrogels owing to their
properties as liquid‐infused soft materials. Despite the extensive choice of liquid media and …

During the first 100 years of polymer science, controlled radical polymerization (also
recommended as reversible deactivation radical polymerization) is undoubtedly a …

Stretchable ionic skins are intriguing in mimicking the versatile sensations of natural skins.
However, for their applications in advanced electronics, good elastic recovery, self-healing …

Natural gels and biomimetic hydrogel materials have been able to achieve outstanding
integrated mechanical properties due to the gain of natural biological structures. However …

The development of flexible conductive elastomers integrating renewable feedstock,
splendid mechanical property, and excellent weather resistance is of major interest and …

Ionic liquids (ILs), composed of bulky organic cations and versatile anions, have sustainably
found widespread utilizations in promising energy-storage systems. Supercapacitors, as …

The growing interest of the food, pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries in naturally
occurring bioactive compounds or secondary plant metabolites also leads to a growing …

Starch is a polysaccharide widely present in nature and characterized by a wide range of
applications. This often implies the necessity for various novel properties with respect to …

Deep eutectic solvents (DESs) are an emerging class of non-aqueous solvents that are
potentially scalable, easy to prepare and functionalize for many applications ranging from …

In the last 5 years, the use of deep eutectic solvents (DESs) have been opening new
perspectives toward the creation of novel ionic soft materials as alternatives to expensive …