The mechanical properties of polymer gels devote to emerging devices and machines in
fields such as biomedical engineering, flexible bioelectronics, biomimetic actuators, and …

In the past few years, protein hydrogels have attracted more and more attention due to their
unique physical, chemical and biological properties. They have a more complex molecular …

In recent decades, liquid interfaces have emerged as one of the most efficient platforms for
creating unified layouts ranging from two-dimensional films to three-dimensional structures …

CarH is a coenzyme B12-dependent photoreceptor involved in regulating carotenoid
biosynthesis. How light-triggered cleavage of the B12 Co-C bond culminates in CarH …

Light has become an essential tool to make and manipulate living systems in the
increasingly intertwined fields of cell biology and materials science. With the ever-expanding …

Photoreceptor proteins utilise chromophores to sense light and trigger a biological
response. The discovery that adenosylcobalamin (or coenzyme B12) can act as a light …

Vitamin B12 (cobalamin) is essential for human health and its deficiency results in anemia
and neurological damage. Vitamin B12 exists in different forms with various bioactivity but …

We review fundamental mechanisms and applications of OptoGels: hydrogels with light-
programmable properties endowed by photoswitchable proteins (“optoproteins”) found in …

Conspectus Biological substances like wood and bone demonstrate extraordinary
characteristics of “living” features, such as the ability to self-grow, self-heal upon …

Manipulating protein architectures beyond genetic control has attracted widespread
attention. Catcher/Tag systems enable highly specific conjugation of proteins in vivo and in …