Themed collection 2023 Journal of Materials Chemistry B Lunar New Year

Prospects of MoS₂ nanostructure-based scaffolds in tissue engineering with enhanced cellular response, immunomodulation, and antibacterial properties. An interdisciplinary and collaborative effort is crucial to perceive their clinical translation.

Tannic acid-based bioinspired coating strategies for tethering functional materials or molecules on different medical substrates for resisting bacterial pathogens and fouling agents.

Schematic illustration of the 3D culture model including scaffold-based and scaffold-free systems for in vitro expansion of haematopoietic stem cells.

A dynamic nano-coordination photothermal hydrogel was successfully used as a highly adaptable and antibacterial wound dressing for infected skin injuries.

A water-soluble thiophene-croconaine dye with a high molar extinction coefficient for NIR fluorescence imaging-guided synergistic photothermal/photodynamic therapy of cancer.

Microplasma synthesis of nitrogen-doped graphene quantum dots from chitosan usable for the selective detection of folic acid, uric acid, dopamine, and epinephrine.

A single fluorescent probe (SF-probe) that can simultaneously and discriminatively visualize two organelles is a powerful tool to investigate their interaction in cellular processes.

A novel joint chemo/photothermal/chemodynamic therapy was developed using a pH/GSH/photo triple-responsive 2D-covalent organic framework (Di-Se-Por) as a drug carrier for the passive target treatment of tumors with extraordinarily high efficiency.

A novel NIR-II activatable multi-responsive self-healing hydrogel with inherent photothermal, chemodynamic, and antibacterial activity is developed for multimodal synergic melanoma therapy and promoting wound healing.

CeO₂ and MnO₂ nanocomposites, with advantages of high biocompatibility, passive liver-targeting and short-term metabolic excretion, have the capacity to scavenge ROS and regulate the inflammation to alleviate hepatic ischemia–reperfusion injury.

A two-step bio-ink modification process developed in this work is a facile method to produce printable hydrogel-based bio-inks for inkjet bioprinting that can be potentially used for fundamental cell–cell and cell–material interaction studies.

A dual-mode lab-on-paper device for sensitive photoelectrochemical/colorimetric sensing of AFP based on in situ grown WO₃/BiVO₄ heterojunctions onto cellulose fibers.

A glucose-responsive insulin-releasing hydrogel microneedle dressing was developed with the aim to accelerate wound healing in type 1 diabetic mice.

Schematic illustration of the preparation of Cur-NRCQDs with orange-red to NIR fluorescence. The Cur-NRCQDs showed excellent antibacterial effects on S. aureus and E.coli under PDT and have imaging applications.

Gel-based strain sensors with multi-functional outstanding properties have gained considerable attention.

We report the synthesis of NIR-absorbing and mitochondrion-targeting BODIPY dyes, which exhibited high phototoxicity toward cancer cells while affording cell imaging.

In this paper, a few layers of ionic liquid (IL)-Ti₃C₂T_x MXene nanosheets were synthesized using IL stripping technology and used in photoacoustic imaging and photothermal/chemotherapy synergistic therapy of cancer.

Hydrogel composed of Pluronic F127 diacrylate, quaternized chitosan diacrylate, silk fibroin, and tannic acid is able to maintain good tissue adhesion abilities for wound healing.

A gradient adhesive–tough hydrogel without an obvious heterogeneous interface was constructed by on-side coordination-induced diffusion for application as a strain sensor to monitor human motions.

Hydroxyapatite (HAP) grafted with poly( D-lactide) (PDLA) was incorporated into poly(L-lactide) (PLLA) to construct a stereocomplex, thus improving the interfacial bonding between PLLA and HAP like a zip-lock structure in a scaffold.