Polymeric tissue adhesives provide versatile materials for wound management and are
widely used in a variety of medical settings ranging from minor to life-threatening tissue …

This Review presents polysaccharides, oligosaccharides, nucleic acids, peptides, and
proteins as functional stimuli‐responsive polymer scaffolds that yield hydrogels with …

High glucose-induced vascular endothelial injury is a major pathological factor involved in
non-healing diabetic wounds. To interrupt this pathological process, we design an all …

Thermoresponsive polymers are a class of “smart” materials that have the ability to respond
to a change in temperature; a property that makes them useful materials in a wide range of …

Hydrogels are hydrophilic, highly water swellable polymer networks capable of converting
chemical energy into mechanical energy and vice versa. They can be tailored regarding …

Thermoresponsive polymers have been investigated for a variety of clinical applications
which make use of in situ gelation at physiological temperatures. However, for biomedical …

Peptides that comprise the functional subunits of proteins have been conjugated to versatile
materials (biomolecules, polymers, surfaces and nanoparticles) in an effort to modulate cell …

Biodegradable, stimuli-responsive polymers are essential platforms in the field of drug
delivery and injectable biomaterials for application of bone tissue engineering. Various …

Most synthetic polymer hydrogel tissue adhesives and sealants swell considerably in
physiologic conditions, which can result in mechanical weakening and adverse medical …

Controlling the surface chemical and physical properties of materials and modulating the
interfacial behaviors of biological entities, eg, cells and biomolecules, are central tasks in the …