Self-healable, tough and highly stretchable ionic nanocomposite physical hydrogels

Highly stretchable and super tough nanocomposite physical hydrogels facilitated by the coupling of intermolecular hydrogen bonds and analogous chemical crosslinking of nanoparticles

(2015) Fu-Kuan Shi et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry B

A Rapidly Self-Healing Supramolecular Polymer Hydrogel with Photostimulated Room-Temperature Phosphorescence Responsiveness

(2014) Hui Chen et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

PEG–Peptide Conjugates

(2014) Ian W. Hamley   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Materials both Tough and Soft

(2014) J. P. Gong   SCIENCE

"Nonswellable" Hydrogel Without Mechanical Hysteresis

(2014) H. Kamata et al.   SCIENCE

Pseudo-double network hydrogels with unique properties as supports for cell manipulation

(2014) Inmaculada Aranaz et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry B

Strengthening Alginate/Polyacrylamide Hydrogels Using Various Multivalent Cations

(2013) Can Hui Yang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

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

Proteoglycans and Glycosaminoglycans Improve Toughness of Biocompatible Double Network Hydrogels

(2013) Yu Zhao et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Iron-Based Redox Polymerization of Acrylic Acid for Direct Synthesis of Hydrogel/Membranes and Metal Nanoparticles for Water Treatment

(2013) Sebastián Hernández et al.   INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH

Physical hydrogels composed of polyampholytes demonstrate high toughness and viscoelasticity

(2013) Tao Lin Sun et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Autonomous self-healing of poly(acrylic acid) hydrogels induced by the migration of ferric ions

(2013) Zengjiang Wei et al.   Polymer Chemistry

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

(2013) Xuanhe Zhao   Soft Matter

Double network hydrogels from polyzwitterions: high mechanical strength and excellent anti-biofouling properties

(2013) Haiyan Yin et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry B

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

Dual cross-linked networks hydrogels with unique swelling behavior and high mechanical strength: Based on silica nanoparticle and hydrophobic association

(2012) Jun Yang et al.   JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE

High Strength of Physical Hydrogels Based on Poly(acrylic acid)-g-poly(ethylene glycol) Methyl Ether: Role of Chain Architecture on Hydrogel Properties

(2012) Jun Yang et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Highly stretchable and tough hydrogels

(2012) Jeong-Yun Sun et al.   NATURE

Multiphase design of autonomic self-healing thermoplastic elastomers

(2012) Yulin Chen et al.   Nature Chemistry

Tough and Self-Healing Hydrogels Formed via Hydrophobic Interactions

(2011) Deniz C. Tuncaboylu et al.   MACROMOLECULES

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

(2011) Jun Yang et al.   Soft Matter

Large Strain and Fracture Properties of Poly(dimethylacrylamide)/Silica Hybrid Hydrogels

(2010) Wei-Chun Lin et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Ionically Cross-Linked Triblock Copolymer Hydrogels with High Strength

(2010) Kevin J. Henderson et al.   MACROMOLECULES

High-water-content mouldable hydrogels by mixing clay and a dendritic molecular binder

(2010) Qigang Wang et al.   NATURE

A self-assembly pathway to aligned monodomain gels

(2010) Shuming Zhang et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

A facile method for synthesizing free-shaped and tough double network hydrogels using physically crosslinked poly(vinyl alcohol) as an internal mold

(2010) Tasuku Nakajima et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Why are double network hydrogels so tough?

(2010) Jian Ping Gong   Soft Matter

Deformation mechanism of nanocomposite gels studied by contrast variation small-angle neutron scattering

(2009) Toshihiko Nishida et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Highly Extensible Double-Network Gels with Self-Assembling Anisotropic Structure

(2008) Wei Yang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Polymer/Silica Nanocomposites: Preparation, Characterization, Properties, and Applications

(2008) Hua Zou et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Design and Fabrication of a High-Strength Hydrogel with Ideally Homogeneous Network Structure from Tetrahedron-like Macromonomers

(2008) Takamasa Sakai et al.   MACROMOLECULES

A synergistic assembly of nanoscale lamellar photoconductor hybrids

(2008) Marina Sofos et al.   NATURE MATERIALS