Strong and tough hydrogels crosslinked by multi-functional polymer colloids

Super Tough, Ultrastretchable Hydrogel with Multistimuli Responsiveness

(2018) Meng-Meng Song et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Order–Disorder Transition in Doped Microgel Colloidal Crystals and Its Application for Optical Sensing

(2018) Siyu Jia et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Stretchable All-Gel-State Fiber-Shaped Supercapacitors Enabled by Macromolecularly Interconnected 3D Graphene/Nanostructured Conductive Polymer Hydrogels

(2018) Panpan Li et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Biofunctionalized aligned microgels provide 3D cell guidance to mimic complex tissue matrices

(2018) Jonas C. Rose et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Tough and self-recoverable hydrogels crosslinked by triblock copolymer micelles and Fe3+ coordination

(2018) Zuxiang Xu et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART B-POLYMER PHYSICS

Macroscopic assembly of oppositely charged polyelectrolyte hydrogels

(2018) Jinhui Li et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry B

Mechanically Robust, Tough, and Self-Recoverable Hydrogels with Molecularly Engineered Fully Flexible Crosslinking Structure

(2017) Hongwei Zhou et al.   MACROMOLECULAR MATERIALS AND ENGINEERING

Diffusion and Permeation of Labeled IgG in Grafted Hydrogels

(2017) A. Vagias et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Thermomechanical Properties and Glass Dynamics of Polymer-Tethered Colloidal Particles and Films

(2017) Yu Cang et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Tough Supramolecular Hydrogel Based on Strong Hydrophobic Interactions in a Multiblock Segmented Copolymer

(2017) Marko Mihajlovic et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Yielding Behavior of Tough Semicrystalline Hydrogels

(2017) Cigdem Bilici et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Nerve Cells Decide to Orient inside an Injectable Hydrogel with Minimal Structural Guidance

(2017) Jonas C. Rose et al.   NANO LETTERS

Tough, stretchable chemically cross-linked hydrogel using core – shell polymer microspheres as cross-linking junctions

(2017) Kun Xu et al.   POLYMER

Tough and ultrastretchable hydrogels reinforced by poly(butyl acrylate- co -acrylonitrile) latex microspheres as crosslinking centers for hydrophobic association

(2017) Wei Zhao et al.   POLYMER

Bioinspired fabrication of high strength hydrogels from non-covalent interactions

(2017) Wei Wang et al.   PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE

Scattering perspectives on nanostructural inhomogeneity in polymer network gels

(2017) Sebastian Seiffert   PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE

Highly tough, anti-fatigue and rapidly self-recoverable hydrogels reinforced with core–shell inorganic–organic hybrid latex particles

(2017) Shan Xia et al.   Soft Matter

Rapidly recoverable, anti-fatigue, super-tough double-network hydrogels reinforced by macromolecular microspheres

(2017) Jiliang Hou et al.   Soft Matter

Hydraulic hydrogel actuators and robots optically and sonically camouflaged in water

(2017) Hyunwoo Yuk et al.   Nature Communications

In situ synthesis and self-reinforcement of polymeric composite hydrogel based on particulate macro-RAFT agents

(2017) Lanlan Li et al.   RSC Advances

Ultrastretchable, Self-Healable Hydrogels Based on Dynamic Covalent Bonding and Triblock Copolymer Micellization

(2017) Peng Wang et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Electric Field Actuation of Tough Electroactive Hydrogels Cross-Linked by Functional Triblock Copolymer Micelles

(2016) Yufen Li et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Nanoreinforced Hydrogels for Tissue Engineering: Biomaterials that are Compatible with Load-Bearing and Electroactive Tissues

(2016) Mehdi Mehrali et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Double-Network Hydrogels Strongly Bondable to Bones by Spontaneous Osteogenesis Penetration

(2016) Takayuki Nonoyama et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Tough Physical Double-Network Hydrogels Based on Amphiphilic Triblock Copolymers

(2016) Hui Jie Zhang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Designing Hierarchically Nanostructured Conductive Polymer Gels for Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion

(2016) Ye Shi et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Nanostructural Evolution and Self-Healing Mechanism of Micellar Hydrogels

(2016) Volkan Can et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Melt-Processable Shape-Memory Hydrogels with Self-Healing Ability of High Mechanical Strength

(2016) Cigdem Bilici et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Metal-Coordination Complexes Mediated Physical Hydrogels with High Toughness, Stick–Slip Tearing Behavior, and Good Processability

(2016) Si Yu Zheng et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Energy gels: A bio-inspired material platform for advanced energy applications

(2016) Ye Shi et al.   Nano Today

Ultrasensitive microchip based on smart microgel for real-time online detection of trace threat analytes

(2016) Shuo Lin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Effect of nanostructure on the thermal glass transition and physical aging in polymer materials

(2016) Daniele Cangialosi et al.   PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE

Synergistic toughening of nanocomposite double network hydrogels by physical adsorption and chemical bonding of polymer chains to inorganic nanospheres and nanorods: a comparative study

(2016) Guorong Gao et al.   RSC Advances

Robust and self-healable nanocomposite physical hydrogel facilitated by the synergy of ternary crosslinking points in a single network

(2016) Fu-Kuan Shi et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry B

Self-Healable, Tough, and Ultrastretchable Nanocomposite Hydrogels Based on Reversible Polyacrylamide/Montmorillonite Adsorption

(2015) Guorong Gao et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Multifunctional Hydrogel with Good Structure Integrity, Self-Healing, and Tissue-Adhesive Property Formed by Combining Diels–Alder Click Reaction and Acylhydrazone Bond

(2015) Feng Yu et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Bioinspired Smart Actuator Based on Graphene Oxide-Polymer Hybrid Hydrogels

(2015) Tao Wang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Conductive “Smart” Hybrid Hydrogels with PNIPAM and Nanostructured Conductive Polymers

(2015) Ye Shi et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Injectable Hydrogels with In Situ Double Network Formation Enhance Retention of Transplanted Stem Cells

(2015) Lei Cai et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

A Novel Design Strategy for Fully Physically Linked Double Network Hydrogels with Tough, Fatigue Resistant, and Self-Healing Properties

(2015) Qiang Chen et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Multi-responsive and tough hydrogels based on triblock copolymer micelles as multi-functional macro-crosslinkers

(2015) Yuanna Sun et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Synthesis and characterization of multi-sensitive microgel-based polyampholyte hydrogels with high mechanical strength

(2015) Haiwei Wang et al.   COLLOID AND POLYMER SCIENCE

Simultaneous Enhancement of Stiffness and Toughness in Hybrid Double-Network Hydrogels via the First, Physically Linked Network

(2015) Qiang Chen et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Tough bonding of hydrogels to diverse non-porous surfaces

(2015) Hyunwoo Yuk et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Fundamentals of double network hydrogels

(2015) Qiang Chen et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry B

Nanoparticle-Hydrogel Composites: Concept, Design, and Applications of These Promising, Multi-Functional Materials

(2015) Praveen Thoniyot et al.   Advanced Science

Dipole-Dipole and H-Bonding Interactions Significantly Enhance the Multifaceted Mechanical Properties of Thermoresponsive Shape Memory Hydrogels

(2014) Yinyu Zhang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Mechanically Robust, Electrically Conductive and Stimuli-Responsive Binary Network Hydrogels Enabled by Superelastic Graphene Aerogels

(2014) Ling Qiu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Self-healing hybrid nanocomposites consisting of bisphosphonated hyaluronan and calcium phosphate nanoparticles

(2014) M. Reza Nejadnik et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Click hydrogels, microgels and nanogels: Emerging platforms for drug delivery and tissue engineering

(2014) Yanjiao Jiang et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Tough and Fatigue Resistant Biomimetic Hydrogels of Interlaced Self-Assembled Conjugated Polymer Belts with a Polyelectrolyte Network

(2014) Gaolai Du et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Self-Healing Poly(acrylic acid) Hydrogels with Shape Memory Behavior of High Mechanical Strength

(2014) Umit Gulyuz et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Fracture Process of Microgel-Reinforced Hydrogels under Uniaxial Tension

(2014) Jian Hu et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Materials as stem cell regulators

(2014) William L. Murphy et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Tough Nanocomposite Ionogel-based Actuator Exhibits Robust Performance

(2014) Xinhua Liu et al.   Scientific Reports

Super Tough, Ultrastretchable, and Thermoresponsive Hydrogels with Functionalized Triblock Copolymer Micelles as Macro-Cross-Linkers

(2014) Yuan-na Sun et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Hydrogel Nanoparticles with Thermally Controlled Drug Release

(2014) Teppei Shirakura et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Injectable biodegradable hydrogels and microgels based on methacrylated poly(ethylene glycol)-co-poly(glycerol sebacate) multi-block copolymers: synthesis, characterization, and cell encapsulation

(2014) Yaobin Wu et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry B

A Robust, One-Pot Synthesis of Highly Mechanical and Recoverable Double Network Hydrogels Using Thermoreversible Sol-Gel Polysaccharide

(2013) Qiang Chen et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Hyaluronic Acid–Silica Nanohybrid Gels

(2013) A. Vallés-Lluch et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Stretchable and Self-Healing Graphene Oxide–Polymer Composite Hydrogels: A Dual-Network Design

(2013) Huai-Ping Cong et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

3D nanostructured conductive polymer hydrogels for high-performance electrochemical devices

(2013) Yu Zhao et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Interactions Affecting the Mechanical Properties of Macromolecular Microsphere Composite Hydrogels

(2013) Fangzhi Jiang et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Self-Healing in Tough Graphene Oxide Composite Hydrogels

(2013) Jiaqi Liu et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Time Dependence of Dissipative and Recovery Processes in Nanohybrid Hydrogels

(2013) Séverine Rose et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Shape Memory Hydrogels via Micellar Copolymerization of Acrylic Acid and n-Octadecyl Acrylate in Aqueous Media

(2013) Cigdem Bilici et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Light-Controlled Graphene-Elastin Composite Hydrogel Actuators

(2013) Eddie Wang et al.   NANO LETTERS

Nanoparticle solutions as adhesives for gels and biological tissues

(2013) Séverine Rose et al.   NATURE

A novel fabrication method of temperature-responsive poly(acrylamide) composite hydrogel with high mechanical strength

(2013) Pengchong Li et al.   POLYMER

Mechanically strong and thermosensitive macromolecular microsphere composite poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) hydrogels

(2013) Jing Zhao et al.   POLYMER

Highly stretchable and resilient hydrogels from the copolymerization of acrylamide and a polymerizable macromolecular surfactant

(2013) Mei Tan et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Self-healing hydrogels formed in catanionic surfactant solutions

(2013) Gizem Akay et al.   Soft Matter

Tough and super-resilient hydrogels synthesized by using peroxidized polymer chains as polyfunctional initiating and cross-linking centers

(2013) Changcheng He et al.   Soft Matter

Multi-scale multi-mechanism design of tough hydrogels: building dissipation into stretchy networks

(2013) Xuanhe Zhao   Soft Matter

Nano-structured smart hydrogels with rapid response and high elasticity

(2013) Lie-Wen Xia et al.   Nature Communications

Tough nanocomposite double network hydrogels reinforced with clay nanorods through covalent bonding and reversible chain adsorption

(2013) Guorong Gao et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry B

Degradable natural polymer hydrogels for articular cartilage tissue engineering

(2012) Wen Zhao et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

High Fracture Efficiency and Stress Concentration Phenomenon for Microgel-Reinforced Hydrogels Based on Double-Network Principle

(2012) Jian Hu et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Structure Optimization and Mechanical Model for Microgel-Reinforced Hydrogels with High Strength and Toughness

(2012) Jian Hu et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Dynamics and Large Strain Behavior of Self-Healing Hydrogels with and without Surfactants

(2012) Deniz C. Tuncaboylu et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Highly stretchable and tough hydrogels

(2012) Jeong-Yun Sun et al.   NATURE

Super tough double network hydrogels and their application as biomaterials

(2012) Md. Anamul Haque et al.   POLYMER

Structure optimization of self-healing hydrogels formed via hydrophobic interactions

(2012) Deniz C. Tuncaboylu et al.   POLYMER

Mechano-responsive hydrogels crosslinked by block copolymer micelles

(2012) Longxi Xiao et al.   Soft Matter

Super-tough double-network hydrogels reinforced by covalently compositing with silica-nanoparticles

(2012) Qiang Wang et al.   Soft Matter

Synthetic and viscoelastic behaviors of silicananoparticle reinforced poly(acrylamide) core–shell nanocomposite hydrogels

(2012) Jun Yang et al.   Soft Matter

Modeling the response of dual cross-linked nanoparticle networks to mechanical deformation

(2012) Balaji V. S. Iyer et al.   Soft Matter

Expansion–contraction of photoresponsive artificial muscle regulated by host–guest interactions

(2012) Yoshinori Takashima et al.   Nature Communications

Self-healing in Nanocomposite Hydrogels

(2011) Kazutoshi Haraguchi et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Microgel-Reinforced Hydrogel Films with High Mechanical Strength and Their Visible Mesoscale Fracture Structure

(2011) Jian Hu et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Tough and Self-Healing Hydrogels Formed via Hydrophobic Interactions

(2011) Deniz C. Tuncaboylu et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Nanoparticles, microgels and bulk hydrogels with very high mechanical strength starting from micelles

(2011) Changcheng He et al.   Soft Matter

In situ synthesis of poly(acrylic acid) physical hydrogels from silicananoparticles

(2011) Jun Yang et al.   Soft Matter

Strategy for preparation of hybrid polymer hydrogels using silicananoparticles as multifunctional crosslinking points

(2010) Makoto Takafuji et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Temperature-Responsive Properties of Poly(acrylic acid-co-acrylamide) Hydrophobic Association Hydrogels with High Mechanical Strength

(2010) Meng Yang et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Broadband Plasmonic Microlenses Based on Patches of Nanoholes

(2010) Hanwei Gao et al.   NANO LETTERS

Network structure and compositional effects on tensile mechanical properties of hydrophobic association hydrogels with high mechanical strength

(2010) Guoqing Jiang et al.   POLYMER

Nano-hybrid self-crosslinked PDMA/silica hydrogels

(2010) Linn Carlsson et al.   Soft Matter

Hybrid, elastomeric hydrogels crosslinked by multifunctional block copolymer micelles

(2010) Longxi Xiao et al.   Soft Matter

Why are double network hydrogels so tough?

(2010) Jian Ping Gong   Soft Matter

Biopolymer-based microgels/nanogels for drug delivery applications

(2009) Jung Kwon Oh et al.   PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE

Review on Hydrogel-based pH Sensors and Microsensors

(2008) Andreas Richter et al.   SENSORS

Fabrication of monodisperse thermosensitive microgels and gel capsules in microfluidic devices

(2008) Rhutesh K. Shah et al.   Soft Matter

Fracture and large strain behavior of self-assembled triblock copolymer gels

(2008) Michelle E. Seitz et al.   Soft Matter