Marine fouling is a worldwide challenge with huge damages on industrial structures, side
effects on economics of industries, and environmental and safety-related hazards. Different …

Micro-or nanosized three-dimensional crosslinked polymeric networks have been designed
and described for various biomedical applications, including living cell encapsulation, tissue …

Conductive hydrogels have shown great promise in the field of sustainable power sources
due to their unique features of sufficient flexibility, durability, and functional diversification …

Conventional design wisdom prevents both bulk and interfacial toughness to be presented
in the same hydrogel, because the bulk properties of hydrogels are usually different from the …

Skin wound healing is a still long-history challenging problem and impeded by the foreign-
body reaction including severe inflammation response, poor neovascularization, incomplete …

Endoscopic surgery has gained widespread applications in various clinical departments,
and endoscope surfaces with antifogging and antibacterial properties are essential for …

In this paper, recent developments in the chemical design of functional microgels are
summarized. A wide range of available synthetic methods allows the incorporation of …

The development of new antimicrobial materials and strategies is of importance for many
biomedical and industrial applications. In this work, we report a new strategy to integrate …

Design and synthesis of highly bioinert and biocompatible antifouling materials are crucial
for a broad range of biomedical and engineering applications. Among antifouling materials …

Nanogels have become an important topic of interdisciplinary research, especially in the
fields of polymer chemistry, physics, materials science, pharmacy, and medicine where their …