Stimuli responsiveness has long been a fascinating feature of smart material design.
Polydopamine (PDA), a nature inspired polymeric pigment, exhibits excellent photo …

Dynamic covalent bonds (DCBs) have received widespread attention due to their unique
reversibility and stimulus responsiveness. The introduction of DCBs often endows materials …

Current treatments for diabetic ulcers (DUs) remain unsatisfactory due to the risk of bacterial
infection and impaired angiogenesis during the healing process. The increased degradation …

After more than four billion years of evolution, nature has created a large number of
fascinating living organisms, which show numerous peculiar structures and wonderful …

Polydopamine and related polycatecholamines can be easily deposited onto almost any
surface from mild, aqueous solution. This results in durable, nanoscale coatings that exhibit …

Polydopamine is a dark brown-black insoluble biopolymer produced by autoxidation of
dopamine. Although its structure and polymerization mechanism have not been fully …

Injectable hydrogels have potential applications for regenerating the injured spinal cord, but
their performance needs to be further improved. In this study, an injectable silk …

Orthopedic implants have a high failure rate due to insufficient interfacial osseointegration,
especially under osteoporotic conditions. Type H vessels are CD31+ EMCN+ capillaries …

Conspectus Nature has developed a fascinating strategy of cryptobiosis (“secret life”) for
counteracting the stressful, and often lethal, environmental conditions that fluctuate …

A solar-driven self-heated sponge was developed as a novel sorbent to achieve fast
collection of crude oil from spills by taking advantage of light-to-heat conversion to …