Advances in hydrogel technology have unlocked unique and valuable capabilities that are
being applied to a diverse set of translational applications. Hydrogels perform functions …

Peptide-based supramolecular systems chemistry seeks to mimic the ability of life forms to
use conserved sets of building blocks and chemical reactions to achieve a bewildering array …

Advances in nanomedicine, including early cancer detection, targeted drug delivery, and
personalized approaches to cancer treatment are on the rise. For example, targeted drug …

Short peptides are ubiquitous in nature. They are found as hormones, pheromones,
antibacterial and antifungal agents in innate immunity systems, toxins, and pesticides. But …

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

G-Quadruplexes attract growing interest as functional constituents in biology, chemistry,
nanotechnology, and material science. In particular, the reversible dynamic reconfiguration …

Hydrogel‐based drug delivery systems (DDSs) can leverage therapeutically beneficial
outcomes in cancer therapy. In this domain, polyethylene glycol (PEG) has become …

Chirality is a basic characteristic of living matter and nature. During the evolution of life on
our planet, nature has favored one kind of chirality, thereby selecting the l-amino acids (with …

Shape-changing hydrogels that can bend, twist, or actuate in response to external stimuli
are critical to soft robots, programmable matter, and smart medicine. Shape change in …

Bioinspired out-of-equilibrium systems will set the scene for the next generation of molecular
materials with active, adaptive, autonomous, emergent and intelligent behavior. Indeed life …