Drawing inspiration from natural materials, a new practical strategy for fabricating strong, tough and fatigue resistant hydrogels is reported by compositing modulus-contrasting, but compositionally similar, hydrogel fibers and matrix together. The strategy is generalizable to various fabrication methods such...
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Strong Fiber Reinforced HydrogelIn biological hydrogels, the gel matrix is usually reinforced with micro- or nano-fibers and the resulting composite is tough and strong. In contrast, synthetic hydrogels are weak and brittle, alt ...In biological hydrogels...
In contrast, biological hydrogels are tough and strong due to reinforcement with nano to micron size fibers. Our work is focused on designing new class of hydrogel assemblies based on fiber reinforced hydrogel composites. In analogy to the spinning of a spider web, a pultrusion system was ...
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Over hundreds of millions of years of evolution, nature has produced a myriad of biological materials that serve either as skeletons or as defensive or offensive weapons. Although these natural structural materials are derived from relatively sterile natural components, such as fragile minerals and duct...