Microenvironment-responsive drug delivery systems (DDSs) can achieve targeted drug
delivery, reduce drug side effects and improve drug efficacies. Among them, pH-responsive …

Bone and cartilage regeneration is an area of tremendous interest and need in health care.
Tissue engineering is a potential strategy for repairing and regenerating bone and cartilage …

Bilayer hydrogel-based actuators have attracted much interest because inhomogeneous
structures are easily constructed in hydrogels. We used three kinds of polysaccharides …

Triply periodic minimal surfaces (TPMS) metamaterials and shape-memory polymer (SMP)
smart materials are known for their beneficial attributes in novel scientific and industrial …

In recent years, the exploitation of magnetic nanoparticles in smart polymeric matrices have
received increased attention in several fields as site-specific drug delivery systems. Here …

In this study, silk fibroin hydrogel is employed as a carrier for vincristine and ultrasound as a
method to accelerate the drug release. The Acoustic, deformation, swelling, and diffusion …

In this paper, silk fibroin hydrogel is used as a drug carrier for vincristine. To optimize drug
delivery, a multi-physics model is proposed that couples the deformation and diffusion fields …

Hydrogels, as a series of three-dimensional, crosslinked, hydrophilic network polymers,
exhibit extraordinary properties in softness, mechanical robustness and biocompatibility …

Shape memory polymers are a class of smart materials, which are capable of fixing their
deformed shapes, and can return to their original shape in reaction to external stimulus such …

The leather industry is facing important environmental issues related to waste disposal. The
waste generated during the tanning process is an important resource of protein (mainly …