Abstract Development of polymer-based smart materials, which can autonomously alter their
physical and/or chemical properties when exposed to external stimuli, is a thriving research …

Thermoresponsive polymers hold great potential in the biomedical field, since they enable
the fabrication of cell sheets, in situ drug delivery and 3D-printing under physiological …

There is growing appreciation of the role that the extracellular environment plays in
regulating cell behavior. Mechanical, structural, and compositional cues, either alone or in …

This work describes the design and development of a prototype of a soft, hydrogel-based
microrobot, intended to move through the body lumina, carry cells or drugs, and deliver them …

Although vanadium dioxide (VO2) is the most well studied thermochromic material, it is
limited by its intrinsic properties of low solar modulation (ΔTsol) and low luminous …

Layer-by-layer (LbL) assembly has attracted much interest because of its ability to provide
nanoscale control over film characteristics and because of a wide choice of available …

Cells in the body reside within the extracellular matrix (ECM), a three-dimensional
environment that not only provides structural support for the cells, but also influences cellular …

Herein, the pH-sensitive vancomycin (VANCO) loaded silk fibroin-sodium alginate
nanoparticles (NPs) embedded in poly (N-isopropylacrylamide)(PNIPAM) hydrogel …

The dynamic liquid environment of live cells makes it necessary to consider the surface
wettability when designing biomaterials and related devices. Especially superwettability, as …

Cell sheet technology has remained quite popular among tissue engineering techniques
over the last several years. Meanwhile, there is an apparent trend in modern scientific …