Front Cover: In articule number 2000394 by Andreas Lendlein and co-workers, a multifunctional material based on rhodium-phosphine coordination polymer network is capable of stimuli-responsive fluorescence, reshapeability, selfhealing, allows modular fabrication.

giant unilamellar vesicles (guvs) consisting in self-closed lipid bilayers of 0.5-100 µm diameter are considered as oversimplified models of cells because of their biological membrane and micrometric size while large unilamellar vesicles (luvs) of 100-500 nm diameter have applications in drug delivery. to improve structural and mechanical properties of these vesicles, we have developed two cate...

Photochromic Polymer Composites In article number 2213717, Abdon Pena-Francesch (UM), Daniel Crespy (VISTEC), and Tiwa Yimyai developed multifunctional elastomer composites with dynamic polymer networks to enable light-responsive color changes, large stretchability durability, adhesive properties, healing properties recover function after damage. They demonstrate these into functional soft devi...

We fabricate thermo-responsive polymer microgels by combining microfluidic pre-gel emulsification with polymer-analogous gelation. This separates the microgel formation from the polymer synthesis; it combines highly controlled microfluidic templating with the great flexibility of preparative polymer chemistry, allowing each to be controlled independently. We produce monodisperse pre-gel droplet...

While the temperature responsive behavior of nonionic polymers has been extensively studied and is nowadays one key mechanisms smart materials, pressure response thin films remains basically unexplored. We investigate conformational transition brushes semidilute solutions induced by hydrostatic variations. Interestingly, pressure–temperature phase diagram for coil-to-globule brushes, probed neu...