Hydrogels are soft, jelly-like materials that can absorb large amounts of water. They are widely used in medical technologies ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Developing materials that remain flexible in extreme cold represents one of materials science's persistent challenges. Standard flexible materials become brittle below freezing ...

Researchers in the lab of UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering Asst. Prof. Sihong Wang have developed a hydrogel that retains the semiconductive ability needed to transmit information ...

Learn about the groundbreaking 4D printed hydrogel that mimics cephalopod skin, transforming with heat and mechanical stress.

Each year, bacterial infections are responsible for roughly 7.7 million deaths worldwide, with this problem further ...

The hydrogel behaves like a programmable canvas. Rather than using traditional pigments, researchers embedded data directly ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) The conversion of sunlight into usable energy lies at the center of modern strategies for renewable energy development. Among natural processes, photosynthesis remains the most ...

Power sources used in devices found in or around biological tissue must be flexible and nontoxic, while still powerful enough ...