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 …

Energy and water are of fundamental importance for our modern society, and advanced
technologies on sustainable energy storage and conversion as well as water resource …

Biological tissues, such as tendons or cartilage, possess high strength and toughness with
very low plastic deformations. In contrast, current strategies to prepare tough hydrogels …

A hydrogel is often fabricated from preexisting polymer chains by covalently crosslinking
them into a polymer network. The crosslinks make the hydrogel swell‐resistant but brittle …

To date, ionic conducting hydrogel attracts tremendous attention as an alternative to the
conventional rigid metallic conductors in fabricating flexible devices, owing to their intrinsic …

The unique network characteristics and stimuli responsiveness of supramolecular hydrogels
have rendered them highly advantageous in the field of wound dressings, showcasing …

Flexible pressure and strain sensors have great potential for applications in wearable and
implantable devices, soft robotics and artificial skin. Compared to flexible sensors based on …

Over the past 20 years, the field of polymer mechanochemistry has amassed a toolbox of
mechanophores that translate mechanical energy into a variety of functional responses …

Research on the design, fabrication, and application of double network (DN) hydrogels,
assembled from pairs of polymers, has grown recently due to their unique structural …

Living organisms share the ability to grow various microstructures on their surface to achieve
functions. Here we present a force stamp method to grow microstructures on the surface of …