Stimuli responsiveness has long been a fascinating feature of smart material design.
Polydopamine (PDA), a nature inspired polymeric pigment, exhibits excellent photo …

The multifunctional properties of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) make them attractive
candidates for the treatment of various diseases. AMPs are considered as alternatives to …

Neural interfaces using biocompatible scaffolds provide crucial properties, such as cell
adhesion, structural support, and mass transport, for the functional repair of nerve injuries …

Peptide molecules have design flexibility, self-assembly ability, high biocompatibility, good
biodegradability, and easy functionalization, which promote their applications as versatile …

Ferroptosis in neurons is considered one of the key factors that induces Parkinson's disease
(PD), which is caused by excessive iron accumulation in the intracellular labile iron pool …

Micro/nanorobots (MNRs) are envisioned to provide revolutionary changes to therapies for
infectious diseases as they can deliver various antibacterial agents or energies to many …

Pandemic and epidemic spread of antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections would result in a
huge number of fatalities globally. To combat antibiotic-resistant pathogens, new …

Photothermal therapy is an ideal non-invasive treatment for bacterial infections. However, if
photothermal agents are unable to target bacteria, they can also cause thermal damage to …

Reactive oxygen species (ROS)‐mediated biological catalysis involves serial programmed
enzymatic reactions and plays an important part against infectious diseases; while the …

Implanted biomaterials such as medical catheters are prone to be adhered by proteins,
platelets and bacteria due to their surface hydrophobicity characteristics, and then induce …