Ionic conductors (ICs) find widespread applications across different fields, such as smart
electronic, ionotronic, sensor, biomedical, and energy harvesting/storage devices, and …

Tannic acid (TA), a natural polyphenol, is a hydrolysable amphiphilic tannin derivative of
gallic acid with several galloyl groups in its structure. Tannic acid interacts with various …

Presented here is the synthesis of a 3D printable nano-polysaccharide self-healing hydrogel
for flexible strain sensors. Consisting of three distinct yet complementary dynamic bonds, the …

Abstract Extrusion-based three-dimensional (3D) printing of gelatin is important for additive
manufactured tissue engineering scaffolds, but gelatin's thermal instability has remained an …

Polymeric nanocomposite hydrogels (PNHDGs) are water containing cross-linked polymeric
hydrogel (HDG) networks combined with nanomaterials forming polymeric HDG …

Nanocellulose is of great interest in material science nowadays mainly because of its
hydrophilic, renewable, biodegradable, and biocompatible nature, as well as its excellent …

Hydrogels as semi-solid materials with highly tunable mechanical properties are promising
materials in numerous fields. The emergence of self-healing hydrogels, with the ability to …

Plant-derived polysaccharides are widely used to fabricate hydrogels because of their ease
of gelation and functionalization, plus exceptional biological properties. As an example …

Responsive materials can respond to different external stimuli by changing their chemical
or/and physical properties, thus being useful for various applications such as drug delivery …

In recent years, smart-responsive nanocellulose composite hydrogels have attracted
extensive attention due to their unique porous substrate, hydrophilic properties …