Advanced Functional Materials

April 2018

Mechanically Robust, Highly Ionic Conductive Gels Based on Random Copolymers for Bending Durable Electrochemical Devices

• Dong Gyu Seo

• Hong Chul Moon

March 2018

Controlling Spatiotemporal Mechanics of Supramolecular Hydrogel Networks with Highly Branched Cucurbit[8]uril Polyrotaxanes

• Cindy Soo Yun Tan

• Ji Liu

• Alexander S. Groombridge

• Steven J. Barrow

• Cécile A. Dreiss

• Oren A. Scherman

A Self‐Healable, Highly Stretchable, and Solution Processable Conductive Polymer Composite for Ultrasensitive Strain and Pressure Sensing

• Tao Wang

• Ying Zhang

• Qingchang Liu

• Wen Cheng

• Xinran Wang

• Lijia Pan

• Baoxing Xu

• Hangxun Xu

January 2018

Wearable, Healable, and Adhesive Epidermal Sensors Assembled from Mussel-Inspired Conductive Hybrid Hydrogel Framework

Meihong Liao, Pengbo Wan, Jiangru Wen, Min Gong, Xiaoxuan Wu, Yonggang Wang, Rui Shi and Liqun Zhang

Poly(arylene piperidinium) Hydroxide Ion Exchange Membranes: Synthesis, Alkaline Stability, and Conductivity

Joel S. Olsson, Thanh Huong Pham and Patric Jannasch

December 2017

Elastic Modulus Dependence on the Specific Adhesion of Hydrogels

Hanqing Wang, Fawad Jacobi, Johannes Waschke, Laura Hartmann, Hartmut Löwen and Stephan Schmidt

Supertough Hybrid Hydrogels Consisting of a Polymer Double-Network and Mesoporous Silica Microrods for Mechanically Stimulated On-Demand Drug Delivery

Suji Choi, Young jin Choi, Moon-Sun Jang, Jung Hee Lee, Ji Hoon Jeong and Jaeyun Kim

Super Bulk and Interfacial Toughness of Physically Crosslinked Double-Network Hydrogels

Hong Chen, Yonglan Liu, Baiping Ren, Yanxian Zhang, Jie Ma, Lijian Xu, Qiang Chen and Jie Zheng

October 2017

Proton Conduction in a Tyrosine-Rich Peptide/Manganese Oxide Hybrid Nanofilm

Jaehun Lee, Ik Rang Choe, Young-O Kim, Seok Daniel Namgung, Kyoungsuk Jin, Hyo-Yong Ahn, Taehoon Sung, Jang-Yeon Kwon, Yoon-Sik Lee and Ki Tae Nam

3D Printing of Bilineage Constructive Biomaterials for Bone and Cartilage Regeneration

Cuijun Deng, Qingqiang Yao, Chun Feng, Jiayi Li, Liming Wang, Guofeng Cheng, Mengchao Shi, Lei Chen, Jiang Chang and Chengtie Wu

February 2017

Organic–Inorganic Hierarchical Self-Assembly into Robust Luminescent Supramolecular Hydrogel

Zhiqiang Li, Zhaohui Hou, Hongxian Fan and Huanrong Li

Selenium-Containing Polymer@Metal-Organic Frameworks Nanocomposites as an Efficient Multiresponsive Drug Delivery System

Weiqiang Zhou, Lu Wang, Feng Li, Weina Zhang, Wei Huang, Fengwei Huo and Huaping Xu

January 2017

Rapid Fabrication of Soft, Multilayered Electronics for Wearable Biomonitoring (pages 8496–8504)

Michael D. Bartlett, Eric J. Markvicka and Carmel Majidi

A Fluorinated Bola-Amphiphilic Dendrimer for On-Demand Delivery of siRNA, via Specific Response to Reactive Oxygen Species (pages 8594–8603)

Xiaoxuan Liu, Yang Wang, Chao Chen, Aura Tintaru, Yu Cao, Juan Liu, Fabio Ziarelli, Jingjie Tang, Hongbo Guo, Roseline Rosas, Suzanne Giorgio, Laurence Charles, Palma Rocchi and Ling Peng

Water-Soluble Conjugated Polymers for the Detection and Inhibition of Protein Aggregation (pages 9026–9031)

Ran Chai, Chengfen Xing, Junjie Qi, Yibing Fan, Hongbo Yuan, Ruimin Niu, Yong Zhan and Jialiang Xu

Polymer-Supramolecular Polymer Double-Network Hydrogel (pages 9044–9052)

Wenxu Sun, Bin Xue, Ying Li, Meng Qin, Junyi Wu, Ke Lu, Junhua Wu, Yi Cao, Qing Jiang and Wei Wang

A Cooperative Copper Metal–Organic Framework-Hydrogel System Improves Wound Healing in Diabetes

Jisheng Xiao, Siyu Chen, Ji Yi, Hao F. Zhang and Guillermo A. Ameer

October 2016

Effective Codelivery of lncRNA and pDNA by Pullulan-Based Nanovectors for Promising Therapy of Hepatocellular Carcinoma (pages 7314–7325)

Yanli Ren, Rui-Quan Li, Yi-Ran Cai, Tian Xia, Ming Yang and Fu-Jian Xu

Multifunctional Photonics Nanoparticles for Crossing the Blood–Brain Barrier and Effecting Optically Trackable Brain Theranostics (pages 7057–7066)

Ajay Singh, Woong Kim, Youngsun Kim, Keunsoo Jeong, Chi Soo Kang, YoungSoo Kim, Joonseok Koh, Supriya D. Mahajan, Paras N. Prasad and Sehoon Kim

September 2016

Soft Nanostructured Films for Actuated Surface-Based siRNA Delivery (pages 5610–5620)

Minjee Kang and Cecilia Leal

Tumor-Microenvironment-Adaptive Nanoparticles Codeliver Paclitaxel and siRNA to Inhibit Growth and Lung Metastasis of Breast Cancer (pages 6033–6046)

Shan Tang, Qingshuo Meng, Huiping Sun, Jinghan Su, Qi Yin, Zhiwen Zhang, Haijun Yu, Lingli Chen, Yi Chen, Wangwen Gu and Yaping Li

June 2016

Thiolation and Cell-Penetrating Peptide Surface Functionalization of Porous Silicon Nanoparticles for Oral Delivery of Insulin (pages 3405–3416)

Neha Shrestha, Francisca Araújo, Mohammad-Ali Shahbazi, Ermei Mäkilä, Maria João Gomes, Bárbara Herranz-Blanco, Rici Lindgren, Sari Granroth, Edwin Kukk, Jarno Salonen, Jouni Hirvonen, Bruno Sarmento and Hélder A. Santos

New Insights into Tunable Volatility of Ionic Materials through Counter-Ion Control (pages 3438–3445)

Dongxin Ma, Yong Qiu and Lian Duan

Self-Healable Polymer Nanocomposites Capable of Simultaneously Recovering Multiple Functionalities (pages 3524–3531)

Lixin Xing, Qi Li, Guangzu Zhang, Xiaoshan Zhang, Feihua Liu, Li Liu, Yudong Huang and Qing Wang

Design of Multistimuli Responsive Hydrogels Using Integrated Modeling and Genetically Engineered Silk–Elastin-Like Proteins (pages 4113–4123)

Wenwen Huang, Anna Tarakanova, Nina Dinjaski, Qin Wang, Xiaoxia Xia, Ying Chen, Joyce Y. Wong, Markus J. Buehler and David L. Kaplan

May 2016

Nanocarrier-Mediated Codelivery of Small Molecular Drugs and siRNA to Enhance Chondrogenic Differentiation and Suppress Hypertrophy of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells (pages 2463–2472)

Jianbin Xu, Jinming Li, Sien Lin, Tianyi Wu, Heqin Huang, Kunyu Zhang, Yuxin Sun, Kelvin W. K. Yeung, Gang Li and Liming Bian

Nanoporous Graphene Enriched with Fe/Co-N Active Sites as a Promising Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalyst for Anion Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells (pages 2150–2162)

Thangavelu Palaniselvam, Varchaswal Kashyap, Siddeswar N. Bhange, Jong-Beom Baek and Sreekumar Kurungot

March 2016

Enzyme-Catalyzed Formation of Supramolecular Hydrogels as Promising Vaccine Adjuvants (pages 1822–1829)

Huaimin Wang, Zichao Luo, Youzhi Wang, Tao He, Chengbiao Yang, Chunhua Ren, Linsha Ma, Changyang Gong, Xingyi Li and Zhimou Yang

February 2016

Rational Design of Polymeric Hybrid Micelles with Highly Tunable Properties to Co-Deliver MicroRNA-34a and Vismodegib for Melanoma Therapy (pages 7457–7469)

Hanmei Li, Yao Fu, Ting Zhang, Yanping Li, Xiaoyu Hong, Jiayu Jiang, Tao Gong, Zhirong Zhang and Xun Sun

Humidity-Triggered Self-Healing of Microporous Polyelectrolyte Multilayer Coatings for Hydrophobic Drug Delivery (pages 7470–7477)

Xia-Chao Chen, Ke-Feng Ren, Jia-Hui Zhang, Dan-Dan Li, Emily Zhao, Zhong Jonathon Zhao, Zhi-Kang Xu and Jian Ji

A Bio-Inspired Rod-Shaped Nanoplatform for Strongly Infecting Tumor Cells and Enhancing the Delivery Efficiency of Anticancer Drugs (pages 66–79)

Dan Li, Zhaomin Tang, Yuqian Gao, Huili Sun and Shaobing Zhou

A Multiresponsive Metal–Organic Framework: Direct Chemiluminescence, Photoluminescence, and Dual Tunable Sensing Applications (pages 393–398)

Xiu-Li Yang, Xiahui Chen, Gui-Hua Hou, Rong-Feng Guan, Rong Shao and Ming-Hua Xie

Silver-Nanoparticle-Colored Cotton Fabrics with Tunable Colors and Durable Antibacterial and Self-Healing Superhydrophobic Properties (pages 569–576)

Mengchun Wu, Benhua Ma, Tiezheng Pan, Shanshan Chen and Junqi Sun

October 2015

Mechanochromic Sensors: Elastoplastic Inverse Opals as Power-Free Mechanochromic Sensors for Force Recording (Adv. Funct. Mater. 38/2015) (page 6022)

Younghyun Cho, Su Yeon Lee, Lindsay Ellerthorpe, Gang Feng, Gaojian Lin, Gaoxiang Wu, Jie Yin and Shu Yang

Metal–Organic Polyhedra Cages Immobilized on a Plasmonic Substrate for Sensitive Detection of Trace Explosives (pages 6009–6017)

Chen Wang, Jin Shang, Yue Lan, Tian Tian, Hui Wang, Xi Chen, Jing-Ying Gu, Jefferson Zhe Liu, Li-Jun Wan, Wei Zhu and Guangtao Li

August 2015

Confined Sulfur in Microporous Carbon Renders Superior Cycling Stability in Li/S Batteries (pages 4312–4320)

Yunhua Xu, Yang Wen, Yujie Zhu, Karen Gaskell, Katie A. Cychosz, Bryan Eichhorn, Kang Xu and Chunsheng Wang

June 2015

Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-Clay Nanocomposite Hydrogels with Responsive Bending Property as Temperature-Controlled Manipulators (pages 2980–2991)

Chen Yao, Zhuang Liu, Chao Yang, Wei Wang, Xiao-Jie Ju, Rui Xie and Liang-Yin Chu

Bioinspired Reversibly Cross-linked Hydrogels Comprising Polypeptide Micelles Exhibit Enhanced Mechanical Properties (pages 3122–3130)

Ali Ghoorchian, Joseph R. Simon, Bhuvnesh Bharti, Wei Han, Xuanhe Zhao, Ashutosh Chilkoti and Gabriel P. López

A Robust Ion-Conductive Biopolymer as a Binder for Si Anodes of Lithium-Ion Batteries (pages 3599–3605)

Jie Liu, Qian Zhang, Tao Zhang, Jun-Tao Li, Ling Huang and Shi-Gang Sun

Cationic Polymer Modified Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles for Targeted siRNA Delivery to HER2⁺ Breast Cancer (pages 2646–2659)

Worapol Ngamcherdtrakul, Jingga Morry, Shenda Gu, David J. Castro, Shaun M. Goodyear, Thanapon Sangvanich, Moataz M. Reda, Richard Lee, Samuel A. Mihelic, Brandon L. Beckman, Zhi Hu, Joe W. Gray and Wassana Yantasee

April 2015

Highly Stable Anion Exchange Membranes with Internal Cross-Linking Networks (pages 2583–2589)

Wanxing Xu, Yuyue Zhao, Zhizhang Yuan, Xianfeng Li, Huamin Zhang and Ivo F. J. Vankelecom

Fast and Large Lithium Storage in 3D Porous VN Nanowires–Graphene Composite as a Superior Anode Toward High-Performance Hybrid Supercapacitors (pages 2270–2278)

Rutao Wang, Junwei Lang, Peng Zhang, Zongyuan Lin and Xingbin Yan