Large water-soluble anions with chaotropic character display surprisingly strong
supramolecular interactions in water, for example, with macrocyclic receptors, polymers …

Anion recognition is pertinent to a range of environmental, medicinal and industrial
applications. Recent progress in the field has relied on advances in synthetic host design to …

Lightweight, easily processed, and durable polymeric materials play a crucial role in
wearable sensor devices. However, achieving simultaneously high strength and toughness …

Recently, hydrogel‐based soft materials have demonstrated huge potential in soft robotics,
flexible electronics as well as artificial skins. Although various methods are developed to …

Polyoxometalates (POMs) are known antitumoral, antibacterial, antiviral, and anticancer
agents and considered as next‐generation metallodrugs. Herein, a new biological …

Cobalt bisdicarbollides (COSANs) are inorganic boron-based anions that have been
previously reported to permeate by themselves through lipid bilayer membranes, a …

The anion‐specific effects of the salting‐in and salting‐out phenomena are extensively
observed in hydrogels, whereas the cation specificity of hydrogels is rarely reported. Herein …

The fundamental requirements of self-powered hydrogels used in flexible electronic
products encompass excellent mechanical performance and conductivity. However …

The unique structural sensitivity of photonic crystals (PCs) endows them with stretchable or
elastic tunability for light propagation and spontaneous emission modulation. Hydrogel PCs …

Aqueous zinc‐ion batteries (AZIBs) have garnered significant research interest as promising
next‐generation energy storage technologies owing to their affordability and high level of …