Design principles for strong and tough hydrogels
Hydrogels are crosslinked polymer networks swollen with water. Owing to their soft and
water-containing nature, hydrogels are promising materials for applications in many fields …
water-containing nature, hydrogels are promising materials for applications in many fields …
Recent advances in stimuli‐responsive shape‐morphing hydrogels
Inspired by shape‐morphing organisms in nature, researchers have developed various
hydrogels with stimuli‐responsive swelling, shrinking, bending, folding, origami, rolling …
hydrogels with stimuli‐responsive swelling, shrinking, bending, folding, origami, rolling …
Fatigue-free artificial ionic skin toughened by self-healable elastic nanomesh
Robust ionic sensing materials that are both fatigue-resistant and self-healable like human
skin are essential for soft electronics and robotics with extended service life. However, most …
skin are essential for soft electronics and robotics with extended service life. However, most …
Solvent‐exchange‐assisted wet annealing: A new strategy for superstrong, tough, stretchable, and anti‐fatigue hydrogels
Y Wu, Y Zhang, H Wu, J Wen, S Zhang… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrogels are widely used in tissue engineering, soft robots, wearable electronics, etc.
However, it remains a great challenge to develop hydrogels possessing simultaneously high …
However, it remains a great challenge to develop hydrogels possessing simultaneously high …
Additive manufacturing of highly entangled polymer networks
Incorporation of polymer chain entanglements within a single network can synergistically
improve stiffness and toughness, yet attaining such dense entanglements through vat …
improve stiffness and toughness, yet attaining such dense entanglements through vat …
A hyperelastic hydrogel with an ultralarge reversible biaxial strain
Hyperelastic materials exhibit a nonlinear elastic response to large strains, whereas
hydrogels typically possess a low elastic range due to the nonuniform cross-linking and …
hydrogels typically possess a low elastic range due to the nonuniform cross-linking and …
Entangled mesh hydrogels with macroporous topologies via cryogelation for rapid atmospheric water harvesting
Sorption‐based atmospheric water harvesting (SAWH) is a promising technology to alleviate
freshwater scarcity. Recently, hygroscopic salt‐hydrogel composites (HSHCs) have …
freshwater scarcity. Recently, hygroscopic salt‐hydrogel composites (HSHCs) have …
Establishing superfine nanofibrils for robust polyelectrolyte artificial spider silk and powerful artificial muscles
W He, M Wang, G Mei, S Liu, AQ Khan, C Li… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Spider silk exhibits an excellent combination of high strength and toughness, which
originates from the hierarchical self-assembled structure of spidroin during fiber spinning. In …
originates from the hierarchical self-assembled structure of spidroin during fiber spinning. In …
Functional tough hydrogels: design, processing, and biomedical applications
Conspectus Hydrogels are high-water-content soft materials with widely tunable
physicochemical properties, resembling soft tissues. Tremendous progress in engineering …
physicochemical properties, resembling soft tissues. Tremendous progress in engineering …
Bioinspired 2D isotropically fatigue‐resistant hydrogels
Engineering conventional hydrogels with muscle‐like anisotropic structures can efficiently
increase the fatigue threshold over 1000 J m− 2 along the alignment direction; however, the …
increase the fatigue threshold over 1000 J m− 2 along the alignment direction; however, the …