Chitosan is a marine-origin polysaccharide obtained from the deacetylation of chitin, the
main component of crustaceans' exoskeleton, and the second most abundant in nature …

Anti-freezing gel materials are an important class of materials that have potential
applications in many areas of tissue engineering, soft robots, wearable devices in which ice …

Water–ion interaction in a nanoconfined environment that deeply constrains spatial
freedoms of local atomistic motion with unconventional coupling mechanisms beyond that in …

The freezing of biological fluids is intensively studied but remains elusive as it is affected not
only by the various components but also by the crowding nature of the biological fluids …

Water is one of the most important substances on our planet. It is ubiquitous in its solid,
liquid and vaporous states and all known biological systems depend on its unique chemical …

Water plays important roles in various functions on the surface of polymers and peptides. In
this work, host–guest hydrogels with different weight percentages of water were prepared …

Unwanted accumulation of ice and lime scale crystals on surfaces is a long‐standing
challenge with major economic and sustainability implications. Passive inhibition of icing …

Reversible or movable cross-links based on host-guest interactions in supramolecular
materials create functions such as enhanced mechanical properties and stimulus …

Soft nanoconfinement can increase chemical reactivity in nature and has therefore led to
considerable interest in transferring this universal feature to artificial biological systems …

Water expands upon freezing. What happens when water is cooled below 0° C in an
undeformable, constant-volume container? This is a fundamental question in materials …