Hydrogels continue to attract significant attention due to their unique characteristics such as high-water content, softness, biocompatibility and low cost. This collection highlights recent advances in hydrogel research published on Materials Chemistry Frontiers, spanning wound healing, tissue engineering, drug delivery, wearable sensors, flexible electronics, and energy storage applications. Articles featured in our focus collections are handpicked by Editors. All articles in this focus collection are freely available to read until 24 October. We hope you find them enjoyable to read. |
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Review Articles
Conductive hydrogels as an innovative healer for the treatment of diabetic wounds
Zhao, Jingyi; Gao, Chen; Guo, Wenlai; Zhang, Boxiang; Ren, Sixu; Wu, Siyu; Guo, Jie; Qu, Wenrui
Stimuli-responsive Ti₃C₂Tₓ MXene-based hydrogels: preparation and applications
Gao, Qi; He, Ping-Ping; Wang, Xiaowen; Du, Xiaoxue; Guo, Weiwei
Recent advances in tailored chitosan-based hydrogels for bone regeneration and repair
Feng, Peipei; He, Chaonan; Li, Guanrong; Li, Jin; Ke, Chunhai; Ma, Jingyun
Recent advances in stretchable hydrogel-based triboelectric nanogenerators for on-skin electronics
Zhang, Baosen; Wang, Ruge; Wang, Ruizhi; Chen, Baojin; Li, Haidong; Shen, Ao; Mao, Yanchao
Hydrogel ionic sensory systems
Chen, Rui; Guo, Rongxi; Li, Ying; Yan, Hao; Huang, Jin; Xu, Hexiang; Shi, Wei; Zhang, Zongzheng; Zhuo, Shuyun; Liu, Mingjie
Research Articles
Integrated molecular functions in photo-generated hydrogels for wound healing
Xu, Xiangchuan; Tong, Huanhuan; Kong, Hongtao; Chen, Canwen; Fan, Ping; Huang, Wenhuan; Miao, Hui; Zhang, Guoqing; Zhu, Rui
High-strength anisotropic hydrogels as adhesive strain sensors for dual-environment applications
Li, Yali; Ma, Ruiyao; Liu, Hui; Liu, Qiang; Song, Shasha; Xing, Ling-Bao; Ma, Shuanhong
Synthesis of Schiff base crosslinked polyaniline hydrogels with enhanced electrochemical performance for supercapacitor applications
Ghosh, Samaresh; Majhi, Jagannath; Sharma, Sonal; Priya, Kumari; Bandyopadhyay, Anasuya
Self-healing photothermal antibacterial hydrogels constructed through multiple dynamic chemical bonds
Chang, Jingrui; Wang, Xinyu; Ma, Xuejiao; Lu, Bo
Flexible keratin hydrogels obtained by a reductive method
Peralta Ramos, Maria Luz; Rivas-Rojas, Patricia; Ascolani, Hugo; Cavallo, Margherita; Bonino, Francesca; Fernandez de Luis, Roberto; Ximena Guerbi, Maria; Michelini, Flabia; Bernal, Celina; Lazaro-Martinez, Juan Manuel; Copello, Guillermo
Programmable folding kinetics in single-composition hydrogel actuators via UV-induced microphase separation
Han, Gi-Yeon; Rho, Yumi; Zhao, Jiayu; Lei, Willie; Bae, Jinhye
Strong and highly conducting PPyNT/PAA/PVA triple network hydrogel: scalable construction and strain sensing
Wang, Shi; Yang, Huan; Chen, Yukai; Hu, Boyuan; Tian, Peng; Xue, Xiongbiao; Wang, Yong; Li, Yu; Jing, Xinli
Multi-stimuli responsive smart materials: cyanine amphiphile self-assembly for photochromic and pH-switching applications
Tseng, Tzu-Yu; Yeh, Yao-Chun; Hsing, Wei; Fu, Lien-Chen; Yeh, Mei-Yu
Constructing highly efficient dual-confinement phosphorescence supramolecular naphthalimide pyridinium networks via eco-friendly post-polymerization assembly
Song, Qi; Meng, Xianfeng; Bai, Xue; Sun, Yongbin; Ge, Yanqing; Dai, Xian-Yin
A pillararene-based supramolecular polymer hydrogel for removal of organic dyes from water
Ma, Jiaxin; Gong, Shanhao; Cheng, Yujie; Cao, Wei; Wei, Xuehong; Wang, Pi; Xia, Danyu
Design and electrospinning synthesis of red luminescent-highly anisotropic conductive Janus nanobelt hydrogel array films
Qi, Haina; Huang, Huazhi; Hu, Yaolin; Li, Ning; Yang, Liu; Zhang, Xuejian; Li, Yongtao; Zhao, Hongkai; Li, Dan; Dong, Xiangting
Red-light controlled supramolecular assemblies of N,N′-diarylindigo amphiphiles for soft robotic actuations
Yau, Jerry Chun-Kit; Chen, Chris Yanzhi; Zhang, Haiqi; Chau, Ming-Hin; Kajitani, Takashi; Leung, Franco King-Chi
Light-responsive polyurethane liquid crystal elastomer actuators with photochromic and multiple shape memory effects
Ma, Jie; Qin, Kuo-Huai; Wang, Gang; Ren, Zhi-Hui; Guan, Zheng-Hui
