Natural evolution has provided multicellular organisms with sophisticated functionalities and
repair mechanisms for surviving and preserve their functions after an injury and/or infection …

Shape memory polymers (SMPs), as a class of programmable stimuli-responsive shape
changing polymers, are attracting increasing attention from the standpoint of both …

The key attribute of the thiol-Michael addition reaction that makes it a prized tool in materials
science is its modular “click” nature, which allows for the implementation of this highly …

The past decade has witnessed remarkable advances in stimuli-responsive shape memory
polymers (SMPs) with potential applications in biomedical devices, aerospace, textiles, civil …

This study introduces an unexplored method to synthesize and program liquid-crystalline
elastomers (LCEs) based on a two-stage thiol–acrylate Michael addition and …

The ability to undergo bond exchange in a dynamic covalent polymer network has brought
many benefits not offered by classical thermoplastic and thermoset polymers. Despite the …

The skeletal muscle microenvironment transiently remodels and stiffens after exercise and
injury, as muscle ages, and in myopathic muscle; however, how these changes in stiffness …

Shortly after its inception, nanoimprint lithography (NIL) was primarily used as tool for the
thermal embossing and flash curing of thermoplastic resists and polymer precursors …

The full realisation of optical fibres in devices such as sensors is reliant on the stability of
their polymer coating under in-service conditions. Depending on the application, resistance …

The rapidly expanding field of shape memory polymers (SMPs) is driven by a growing
number of potential applications, such as biomaterials, optics, and electronics. The basic …