Dynamic Bonds between Boronic Acid and Alginate: Hydrogels with Stretchable, Self-Healing, Stimuli-Responsive, Remoldable, and Adhesive Properties

For the increasing demand of soft materials with wide ranges of applications, hydrogels have been developed exhibiting variety of functions (e.g., stretchable, self-healing, stimuli-responsive, and etc.). So far, add-in components such as inorganic nanoparticles, carbon materials, clays, and many others to main polymers have been used to achieve various unique functions of hydrogels. The multicomponent hydrogel systems often exhibit...