Schiff base, an important family of reaction in click chemistry, has received significant
attention in the formation of self-healing hydrogels in recent years. Schiff base reversibly …

Hydrogels are crosslinked polymeric materials that play a vital role in many biomedical
areas such as drug delivery, sensor technology, and tissue engineering. Increasing demand …

Hydrogels are three-dimensional (3D) cross-linked molecular networks, generally polymers,
capable of holding large amounts of water. The network of a hydrogel is established via …

Natural hydrogels are widely investigated for biomedical applications because of their
structures similar to extracellular matrix of native tissues, possessing excellent …

Injectable hydrogel possesses great application potential in disease treatment and tissue
engineering, but damage to gel often occurs due to the squeezing pressure from injection …

Stimuli-responsive biopolymer hydrogels are promising building blocks for biomedical
devices, attributable to their excellent hydrophilicity, biocompatibility, and dynamic …

Injectable hydrogels have aroused much attention for the advantages such as minimally
invasive surgery, avoidance of surgical trauma, and filling and repairing irregularly shaped …

Since “click” chemistry was first reported in 2001, it has remained a popular research topic in
the field of chemistry due to its high yield without byproducts, fast reaction rate, simple …

Remarkable properties of hydrogels are compromised by failure to recover from damage,
bringing their intended functions to an end. To address this, hydrogels can be functionalized …

Intrinsic self-healing soft materials such as hydrogels are especially promising for a variety
of medical applications. Multistep preparation of starting functional polymer precursors and …