Over the past century, hydrogels have emerged as effective materials for an immense variety
of applications. The unique network structure of hydrogels enables very high levels of …

Injectable hydrogels are becoming increasingly important in the fields of tissue engineering
and drug delivery due to their tunable properties, controllable degradation, high water …

Microgels/nanogels are crosslinked polymeric particles, which can be considered as
hydrogels if they are composed of water soluble/swellable polymer chains. They possess …

This review describes recent progresses in the development and applications of smart
polymeric gels, especially in the context of biomedical devices. The review has been …

Hybrid biomaterials are systems created from components of at least two distinct classes of
molecules, for example, synthetic macromolecules and proteins or peptide domains. The …

Hydrogels were the first biomaterials rationally designed for human use. Beginning with the
pioneering work of Wichterle and Lím on three‐dimensional polymers that swell in water, we …

A growing number of medications must be administered through parenteral delivery, ie,
intravenous, intramuscular, or subcutaneous injection, to ensure effectiveness of the …

The coiled coil is a superhelical protein structural motif that consists of two or more α-helical
peptides that are wrapped around each other in superhelical fashion. Coiled coils are …

Peptides are particularly attractive as molecular building blocks in the bottom-up fabrication
of supramolecular structures based on self-assembly and have potential in many important …

Extracellular matrices (ECMs) are challenging design targets for materials synthesis
because they serve multiple biological roles, and they are composed of multiple molecular …