Herein, a simple secondary equilibrium approach is proposed to fabricate strong and tough PA hydrogels via the synergy of ionic and metal–ligand bonds. The original PA gels (constructed by ionic bonds) are first dialyzed in multivalent metal﹊on solutions to reach a swelling equilibrium and then...
Natural load-bearing materials such as tendons have a high water content of about 70 per cent but are still strong and tough, even when used for over one million cycles per year, owing to the hierarchical assembly of anisotropic structures across multiple length scales1. Synthetic hydrogels have...
Having successfully prepared pGK11/Cu2+ fibres, we next used them as building blocks to construct hydrogels. The hydrogels were prepared in a two-step process. First, the precursor hydrogels were synthesised via a one-pot copolymerisation of acrylamide, acrylate-terminated four-armed polyethylene gl...
Natural load-bearing materials such as tendons have a high water content of about 70 per cent but are still strong and tough, even when used for over one million cycles per year, owing to the hierarchical assembly of anisotropic structures across multiple length scales1. S...
Tough thermosensitive hydrogel with excellent adhesion to low-energy surface developed via nanoparticle-induced dynamic crosslinking Stimuli-responsive adhesive hydrogels have obtained increasing attention due to their applications in drug delivery and wearable sensors. However, these hy... S Li,H Liu,C ...
Stiff,strong,andtoughhydrogelswithgoodchemicalstability†JianyuLi,aZhigangSuoabandJoostJ.Vlassak*aMosthydrogelshavepoormechanicalproperties,severelylimiti..
Strong, Tough, and Anti-Swelling Supramolecular Conductive Hydrogels for Amphibious Motion Sensors. Abstract Conductive polymer hydrogels (CPHs) are widely employed in emerging flexible electronic devices because they possess both the electrical conductivity of conductors...
Bioinspired double network hydrogels: from covalent double network hydrogelsviahybrid double network... Hydrogels and Biodegradable Polymers for Bioapplications Gellan gum microgel-reinforced cell-laden gelatin hydrogels Hydrogels in Bioapplications Hydrogels, DNA, and RNA polypeptides for the preparation of bio...
Hydrogels that display high strength and toughness have attracted interest in recent years owing to the great demand for bone tissue engineering scaffolds. PAAm-based tough hydrogels have been developed through various strategies, including the creation of interpenetrating or semi-interpenetrating polymer ne...
Strong tough hydrogels via the synergy of freeze-casting and salting out Article24 February 2021 Nanoconfined polymerization limits crack propagation in hysteresis-free gels Article26 October 2023 Introduction Hydrogels are a class of soft and wet materials consisting of a three-dimensional network of hy...