Recent progress in smart polymeric gel‐based information storage for anti‐counterfeiting

Y Sun, X Le, S Zhou, T Chen - Advanced Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Information security protection has a tremendous impact on human life, social
stability and national security, leading to the rapid development of anti‐counterfeiting …

Stimulus-responsive polymer materials toward multi-mode and multi-level information anti-counterfeiting: recent advances and future challenges

Y Shen, X Le, Y Wu, T Chen - Chemical Society Reviews, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Information storage and security is one of the perennial hot issues in society, while the
further advancements of related chemical anti-counterfeiting systems remain a formidable …

Materials with tunable optical properties for wearable epidermal sensing in health monitoring

F Han, T Wang, G Liu, H Liu, X Xie, Z Wei… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Advances in wearable epidermal sensors have revolutionized the way that physiological
signals are captured and measured for health monitoring. One major challenge is to convert …

Stimulus-responsive nonclose-packed photonic crystals: fabrications and applications

Y Hu, S Yu, B Wei, D Yang, D Ma, S Huang - Materials Horizons, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Stimulus-responsive photonic crystals (PCs) possessing unconventional nonclosely packed
structures have received growing attention due to their unique capability of mimicking the …

Biomimetic anisotropic hydrogels: Advanced fabrication strategies, extraordinary functionalities, and broad applications

MTI Mredha, I Jeon - Progress in Materials Science, 2022 - Elsevier
A variety of soft, hydrogel-like materials with sophisticated micro-and nanoengineered
ordered structures that offer excellent functionalities exist in nature. Conventional synthetic …

Recent development and research priorities on cool and super cool materials to mitigate urban heat island

M Santamouris, GY Yun - Renewable Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
The urban heat island is increasing the temperature of cities up to 10° C and has a very
important impact on energy, environmental quality and health. Materials used in the building …

Fabrication of bioinspired hydrogels: challenges and opportunities

H Fan, JP Gong - Macromolecules, 2020 - ACS Publications
Since the birth of synthetic hydrogel 60 years ago, hydrogels possessing various useful
properties and functions have been developed. The research directions of hydrogels have …

High‐strength and high‐toughness double‐cross‐linked cellulose hydrogels: a new strategy using sequential chemical and physical cross‐linking

D Zhao, J Huang, Y Zhong, K Li… - Advanced Functional …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Polysaccharide‐based hydrogels have multiple advantages because of their inherent
biocompatibility, biodegradability, and non‐toxicic properties. The feasibility of using …

Synthesis of anisotropic hydrogels and their applications

K Sano, Y Ishida, T Aida - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Owing to their water‐rich structures, which are similar to those of biological tissues,
hydrogels have long been regarded as promising scaffolds for artificial tissues and organs …

Bioinspired nanocomposite hydrogels with highly ordered structures

Z Zhao, R Fang, Q Rong, M Liu - Advanced Materials, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
In the human body, many soft tissues with hierarchically ordered composite structures, such
as cartilage, skeletal muscle, the corneas, and blood vessels, exhibit highly anisotropic …