Hydrogels that can form spontaneously via covalent bond formation upon injection in vivo
have recently attracted significant attention for their potential to address a variety of …

Since Wichterle et al. introduced hydrogels as novel materials possibly suitable for a variety
of biomedical applications, hydrogel research has become a fast-developing and exciting …

Over the past decades, significant progress has been made in the field of hydrogels as
functional biomaterials. Biomedical application of hydrogels was initially hindered by the …

Injectable, covalently in situ forming hydrogels based on poly (N-isopropylacrylamide) have
been designed on the basis of mixing hydrazide-functionalized nucleophilic precursor …

Hydrogels are an important class of biomaterials with the unique property of high‐water
content in a crosslinked polymer network. In particular, chemically crosslinked hydrogels …

Since drug delivery systems have become one of the most promising areas of human health
related research, the applications of biomaterials such as hydrogels have been widely …

Advances in hydrogel technology have unlocked unique and valuable capabilities that are
being applied to a diverse set of translational applications. Hydrogels perform functions …

Here we define hydrogels crosslinked by weak bonds as physical hydrogels. They possess
unique features including reversible bonding, shear thinning and stimuli-responsiveness …

Hydrogels are promising for a variety of medical applications due to their high water content
and mechanical similarity to natural tissues. When made injectable, hydrogels can reduce …

Hydrogels are attractive materials for the controlled release of therapeutics because of their
capacity to embed biologically active agents in their water-swollen network. Recent …