Soft materials by design: unconventional polymer networks give extreme properties

X Zhao, X Chen, H Yuk, S Lin, X Liu… - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Hydrogels are polymer networks infiltrated with water. Many biological hydrogels in animal
bodies such as muscles, heart valves, cartilages, and tendons possess extreme mechanical …

Chemical syntheses of bioinspired and biomimetic polymers toward biobased materials

MS Ganewatta, Z Wang, C Tang - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2021 - nature.com
The rich structures and hierarchical organizations in nature provide many sources of
inspiration for advanced material designs. We wish to recapitulate properties such as high …

A transparent, highly stretchable, solvent‐resistant, recyclable multifunctional ionogel with underwater self‐healing and adhesion for reliable strain sensors

L Xu, Z Huang, Z Deng, Z Du, TL Sun… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Ionogels have gained increasing attentions as a flexible conductive material. However, it
remains a big challenge to integrate multiple functions into one gel that can be widely …

Recent advances in UV/thermal curing silicone polymers

B Jiang, X Shi, T Zhang, Y Huang - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022 - Elsevier
Silicone polymers exhibit various attractive properties such as outstanding biocompatibility,
transparency, and stable chemical properties so that can be applied in coatings, additive …

Bioinspired Freeze‐Tolerant Soft Materials: Design, Properties, and Applications

Z Wang, C Valenzuela, J Wu, Y Chen, L Wang, W Feng - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In nature, many biological organisms have developed the exceptional antifreezing ability to
survive in extremely cold environments. Inspired by the freeze resistance of these …

Highly tough, stretchable and resilient hydrogels strengthened with molecular springs and their application as a wearable, flexible sensor

R Liu, H Wang, W Lu, L Cui, S Wang, Y Wang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Numerous mechanically strong synthetic hydrogels have been developed in recent years;
however, few of them are both tough and resilient like living tissues such as muscles. The …

Modular elastomer photoresins for digital light processing additive manufacturing

CJ Thrasher, JJ Schwartz… - ACS applied materials & …, 2017 - ACS Publications
A series of photoresins suitable for the production of elastomeric objects via digital light
processing additive manufacturing are reported. Notably, the printing procedure is readily …

Tough elastomers with superior self‐recoverability induced by bioinspired multiphase design

S Yoshida, H Ejima, N Yoshie - Advanced Functional Materials, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Incorporating reversible sacrificial bonds in network polymers not only toughens these
materials but also endows them with self‐recoverability. However, self‐recoverability is only …

Novel poly (vinyl alcohol)/chitosan/modified graphene oxide biocomposite for wound dressing application

S Chen, H Wang, Z Jian, G Fei, W Qian… - Macromolecular …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Rapid absorption of wound exudate and prevention of wound infection are prerequisites for
wound dressing to accelerate wound healing. In this study, a novel kind of promising wound …

Highly stretchable ionotronic pressure sensors with broad response range enabled by microstructured ionogel electrodes

Z Huang, Y Chen, J Peng, T Huang, F Hu… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Stretchable pressure sensors with high sensitivity and wide pressure–response range are
ideal for perceiving physical interactions in human health monitoring, soft robotic …