Hydrogel-based conductive materials for smart wearable devices have attracted increasing
attention due to their excellent flexibility, versatility, and outstanding biocompatibility. This …

Scientific interest on superabsorbent polymers (SAPs) in conjunction with cement-based
building materials has widened from mostly engineering aspects towards polymer physico …

Modeling of heterogeneous materials and media is a problem of fundamental importance to
a wide class of phenomena and systems, ranging from condensed matter physics, soft …

Aerogel fibers garner tremendous scientific interest due to their unique properties such as
ultrahigh porosity, large specific surface area, and ultralow thermal conductivity, enabling …

Chronic diabetic wounds are at lifelong risk of developing diabetic foot ulcers owing to
severe hypoxia, excessive reactive oxygen species (ROS), a complex inflammatory …

Since the advent of double network (DN) hydrogels nearly 20 years ago, they have
flourished as smart soft materials. Their two unique contrasting interpenetrating network …

Diabetic wound management still faces great challenges mainly due to immune disorders at
wound area. Especially, macrophage polarization toward M2 phenotype is severely …

Hydrogels are ideal substrates for interfacial solar steam evaporation because of their
tunable water evaporation enthalpy. However, conventional hydrogel-based evaporators …

Interfacial solar evaporation holds immense potential for brine desalination with low carbon
footprints and high energy utilization. Hydrogels, as a tunable material platform from the …

Understanding the physical principle that governs the stimuli-induced swelling and shrinking
kinetics of hydrogels is indispensable for their applications. Here, we show that the shrinking …