Seaweed polysaccharides with abundantly renewable sources and charming properties
have attracted arising attention. Alginate, carrageenan and agar with the largest are the …

Polymeric hydrogels mimicking the extracellular matrix (ECM) have become increasingly
attractive in biomedical science research due to their tunability and biocompatibility to obtain …

Mineralization is a long-lasting method commonly used by biological materials to selectively
strengthen in response to site specific mechanical stress. Achieving a similar form of …

Acellular polymer-calcium phosphate composites are promising bone graft materials.
Hydrogels are suitable for providing a temporary matrix, while calcium phosphate minerals …

There is growing interest in the use of micro-sized hydrogels, including bioactive signals, as
efficient platforms for tissue regeneration because they are able to mimic cell niche structure …

Nature creates fascinating self‐organized spatiotemporal patterns through the delicate
control of reaction‐diffusion dynamics. As the primary unit of cortical bone, osteon has …

Concrete is the second most consumed product by humans, after water. However, the
production of conventional concrete causes more than 5% of anthropogenic CO2 emissions …

A thorough assessment of gelation progress requires real‐time recording of biopolymer
kinetics. In this study, an in situ investigation with a customized parallel‐plate rheometric …

Alginates, being linear anionic co-polymers of 1, 4-linked residues β-d-ManA (M) and α-l-
GulA (G), are widely applied as hydrogel biomaterials due to their favourable in vivo …

Chitosan–tripolyphosphate beads are a highly stable and biocompatible polymer-network
with versatile applications. In this study, we relate the main synthesis parameters of these …