Supramolecular binding motifs are increasingly employed in the design of biomaterials. The
ability to rationally engineer specific yet reversible associations into polymer networks with …

Here we define hydrogels crosslinked by weak bonds as physical hydrogels. They possess
unique features including reversible bonding, shear thinning and stimuli-responsiveness …

Hydrogels prepared via self-assembly offer scalable and tunable platforms for drug delivery
applications. Molecular-scale self-assembly leverages an interplay of attractive and …

Introduction: Smart hydrogel systems present opportunities to not only provide hydrophobic
molecule encapsulation capability but to also respond to specific delivery routes. Areas …

This review discusses basic aspects used to control the architecture and functional
properties of smart hydrogels. The introduction briefly outlines what has been accomplished …

Over the past decades, significant progress has been made in the field of hydrogels as
functional biomaterials. Biomedical application of hydrogels was initially hindered by the …

Hydrogel delivery systems can leverage therapeutically beneficial outcomes of drug delivery
and have found clinical use. Hydrogels can provide spatial and temporal control over the …

Supramolecular hydrogels are emerging as next-generation alternatives to synthetic
polymers for drug delivery applications. Self-assembling peptides are a promising class of …

Self‐assembly of supramolecular hydrogels is driven by dynamic, non‐covalent interactions
between molecules. Considerable research effort has been exerted to fabricate and …

Hydrogels are a class of biomaterials widely implemented in medical applications due to
their biocompatibility and biodegradability. Despite the many successes of hydrogel‐based …