The increasing emphasis on the development of green replacements to traditional organic
solvents and ionic liquids (ILs) can be attributed to the rising concerns over human health …

Elastomers play an irreplaceable role in our society due to their unique properties. Natural
rubber is directly obtained from plants and is widely used in tires, shoes, etc. Recently …

Hyaline cartilage is the nonlinear, inhomogeneous, anisotropic, poro-viscoelastic connective
tissue that serves as friction-reducing and load-bearing cushion in synovial joints and is vital …

Designing bioelectronic devices that seamlessly integrate with the human body is a
technological pursuit of great importance. Bioelectronic medical devices that reliably and …

Silks are fibrous proteins with remarkable mechanical properties produced in fiber form by
silkworms and spiders. Silk fibers in the form of sutures have been used for centuries …

Connective tissue is one of the four major types of animal tissue and plays essential roles
throughout the human body. Genetic factors, aging, and trauma all contribute to connective …

Herein, the potential of directional freeze‐casting techniques as a very generic, green, and
straightforward approach for the processing of various functional porous materials is …

Cartilage tissue engineering is emerging as a technique for the regeneration of cartilage
tissue damaged due to disease or trauma. Since cartilage lacks regenerative capabilities, it …

Purified native silk fibroin forms β-sheet-rich, physically cross-linked, hydrogels from
aqueous solution, in a process influenced by environmental parameters. Previously we …

Abstract Since Robert Langer and colleagues pioneered the concept of reconstructing tissue
using cells transplanted on synthetic polymer matrices in the early 1990s, research in the …