(Nanowerk Spotlight) Hydrogels are crosslinked polymer networks that can absorb huge volumes of water. In recent years, significant progress has been made with so-called "stimuli-responsive" hydrogels ...

The ideal material for interfacing electronics with living tissue is soft, stretchable, and just as water-loving as the tissue itself--in short, a hydrogel. Semiconductors, the key materials for ...

Millimeter-scale hydrogels form reversible, stimulus-responsive assemblies that encode high-density data, offering a dynamic alternative to static printed codes for adaptive information storage.

Scientists have developed data-driven hydrogels that stick instantly and strongly underwater, using protein-inspired polymer design and machine learning to boost performance in marine and biomedical ...

Advances in materials science are transforming medicine, engineering, and environmental technology. Among the most promising innovations are hydrogels—highly absorbent polymer networks with ...

Growing cells in the laboratory is an art that humans have mastered decades ago. Recreating entire three-dimensional tissues is much more challenging. Researchers are developing a new hydrogel-based ...