Hydrogels are materials widely used in countless applications, particularly in the biomedical,
pharmaceutical, and nutraceutical fields, because of their biocompatibility and their …

Nanobiomechanics of living cells is very important to understand cell–materials interactions.
This would potentially help to optimize the surface design of the implanted materials and …

The lubrication of hydrogels arises from fluid or solvated surface phases. By contrast, the
lubricity of articular cartilage, a complex biohydrogel, has been at least partially attributed to …

The cytoplasm is the largest part of the cell by volume and hence its rheology sets the rate at
which cellular shape changes can occur. Recent experimental evidence suggests that …

Enabling the living capability of secreting liquids dynamically triggered by external stimuli
while maintaining the bulk frame is a significant challenge for mucosa‐inspired hydrogels. A …

Photonic crystals with tunability in the visible region are of great interest for controlling light
diffraction. Mechanochromic photonic materials are periodically structured soft materials …

An efficient and straightforward method is developed to prepare a mechanochromic
photonic gel by fixing the metastable SiO2 colloidal crystalline array (CCA) in the mixture of …

The swelling of a polymer gel is a kinetic process coupling mass transport and mechanical
deformation. Both linear and nonlinear theories have been used to describe the swelling …

Polymer gels are remarkable materials with physical structures that can adapt significantly
and quite rapidly with changes in the local environment, such as temperature, light intensity …

Adhesion to many kinds of surfaces, including biological tissues, is important in many fields
but has been proved to be extremely challenging. Furthermore, peeling from strong …