Smart hydrogels have shown great potential applications in disease treatment due to their
controlled and local drug-release ability. Herein, a smart hydrogel with pH-responsive …

Recent environmental issues raised by the durability of polymers call for designing
degradable products. Hydrogels with widespread applications in superabsorbent and …

Soft materials are usually defined as materials made of mesoscopic entities, often self-
organised, sensitive to thermal fluctuations and to weak perturbations. Archetypal examples …

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic disorder that affects millions of individuals
worldwide. However, current drug therapies for IBD are plagued by significant side effects …

With the prevalence of eye diseases, such as inflamed eyes, corneal injury, cataract,
glaucoma, and retinal degenerative diseases, different clinical strategies have been …

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 …

Polysaccharides-based injectable hydrogels are a unique group of biodegradable and
biocompatible materials that have shown great potential in the different biomedical fields …

Chemotherapy has been linked to a variety of severe side effects, and the bioavailability of
current chemotherapeutic agents is generally low, which decreases their effectiveness …

In recent years, injectable stimuli-sensitive hydrogels are employed as suitable drug delivery
carriers for the release of various anti-cancer drugs. However, large pore size of the …

Biodegradable synthetic hydrogels have emerged as promising materials for tissue
engineering and drug/cell delivery applications. However, their successful implementation …