Chitin hydrogel is recognized as a promising material for a variety of biomedical applications. Its biocompatibility and biodegradability make it useful in tissue repair, artificial organs, and wound ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Hydrogels are fascinating natural or synthetic polymer materials that exhibit very versatile chemistries and physical or biological properties. They are 3D networks of either ...

Hydrogels are among the most widely studied biomaterials in modern drug delivery research. Their high hydrophilicity, ...

A hydrogel engineered with cell-like particles mimicking skin tissue achieves 99.9% compressibility and ultralow energy loss ...

Cilia are micrometer-sized biological structures that occur frequently in nature. Their characteristic high-frequency, ...

Researchers have developed a new way to create hydrogels using ultrasound, eliminating the need for toxic chemical initiators. This breakthrough offers a faster, cleaner and more sustainable approach ...

We know that the regulation of pore structure can also balance the problem of increased heat loss caused by the high salt resistance of the sponge-like hydrogel. Consequently, we incorporated agar (AG ...

Researchers have developed a sustainable, plant-derived cellulose hydrogel that solves the “dendrite problem” in ...