Materials which adjust their properties in response to environmental factors such as
temperature, pH and ionic strength are rapidly evolving and known as smart materials …

As swollen polymer networks in water, hydrogels are usually brittle. However, hydrogels with
high toughness play critical roles in many plant and animal tissues as well as in diverse …

Materials with stimuli-switchable properties are widespread in nature. Through biomimicry,
stimuli-responsive hydrogels have received increasing research in recent years. In …

Tough Al-alginate/poly (N-isopropylacrylamide)(PNIPAM) hydrogel has been synthesized by
introducing an interpenetrating network with hybrid physically cross-linked alginate and …

Hydrogels are frequently used biomaterials due to their similarity in hydration and structure
to biological tissues. However, their utility is limited by poor mechanical properties, namely …

Recently, there has been an increasing use of forward osmosis (FO) technique for energy-
efficient water treatment, leading to significant public concerns. One key know-how to make …

Forward osmosis (FO) is a membrane separation technique used to recover water from feed
solution (FS) across a semi-permeable membrane, using a concentrated draw solution (DS) …

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

A series of pH-and temperature-responsive poly (N-isopropylacrylamide-co-acrylic acid
derivative)(P (NIPAM-co-AAD)) copolymers and hydrogels were prepared. The lower critical …

The development of a hydrogel-based synthetic cartilage has the potential to overcome
many limitations of current chondral defect treatments. Many attempts have been made to …