Hydrogels are polymer networks infiltrated with water. Many biological hydrogels in animal
bodies such as muscles, heart valves, cartilages, and tendons possess extreme mechanical …

Hydrogels have gained a lot of attention with their widespread use in different industrial
applications. The versatility in the synthesis and the nature of the precursor reactants allow …

Most gels and elastomers introduce sacrificial bonds in the covalent network to dissipate
energy. However, long‐term cyclic loading caused irreversible fatigue damage and crack …

Tannic acid (TA), a natural polyphenol, is a hydrolysable amphiphilic tannin derivative of
gallic acid with several galloyl groups in its structure. Tannic acid interacts with various …

Recent advances in nanostructured materials and unconventional device designs have
transformed the bioelectronics from a rigid and bulky form into a soft and ultrathin form and …

Hydrogels with high mechanical strength and injectability have attracted extensive attention
in biomedical and tissue engineering. However, endowing a hydrogel with both properties is …

Wounds have become one of the causes of death worldwide. The metabolic disorder of the
wound microenvironment can lead to a series of serious symptoms, especially chronic …

Hydrogels with tailor‐made swelling‐shrinkable properties have aroused considerable
interest in numerous biomedical domains. For example, as swelling is a key issue for blood …

Diabetes adversely affects wound-healing responses, leading to the development of chronic
infected wounds. Such wound microenvironment is characterized by hyperglycaemia …

Swelling is ubiquitous for traditional as-prepared hydrogels, but is unfavorable in many
situations, especially biomedical applications, such as tissue engineering, internal wound …