Anisotropic Hydrogels with a Multiscale Hierarchical Structure Exhibiting High Strength and Toughness for Mimicking Tendons

Poly(vinyl alcohol) Hydrogels with Broad‐Range Tunable Mechanical Properties via the Hofmeister Effect

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Strong tough hydrogels via the synergy of freeze-casting and salting out

(2021) Mutian Hua et al.   NATURE

The stiffness of living tissues and its implications for tissue engineering

(2020) Carlos F. Guimarães et al.   Nature Reviews Materials

Molecular anisotropy and rearrangement as mechanisms of toughness and extensibility in entangled physical gels

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In-situ crystallization of sildenafil during ionic crosslinking of alginate granules

(2020) Seungvin Cho et al.   KOREAN JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

Muscle-like fatigue-resistant hydrogels by mechanical training

(2019) Shaoting Lin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Fabrication of Tough Hydrogel Composites from Photoresponsive Polymers to Show Double-Network Effect

(2019) Zhen Tao et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Anisotropic Hybrid Hydrogels with Superior Mechanical Properties Reminiscent of Tendons or Ligaments

(2019) Suji Choi et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Effect of Structure Heterogeneity on Mechanical Performance of Physical Polyampholytes Hydrogels

(2019) Kunpeng Cui et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Instant Thermal Switching from Soft Hydrogel to Rigid Plastics Inspired by Thermophile Proteins

(2019) Takayuki Nonoyama et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Applications of Highly Stretchable and Tough Hydrogels

(2019) Zhen Qiao et al.   Polymers

Highly Elastic and Ultratough Hybrid Ionic-Covalent Hydrogels with Tunable Structures and Mechanics

(2018) Yanyu Yang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

A Facile Method to Fabricate Anisotropic Hydrogels with Perfectly Aligned Hierarchical Fibrous Structures

(2018) Md. Tariful Islam Mredha et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Synthesis of Anisotropic Hydrogels and Their Applications

(2018) Koki Sano et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

A Hydrogel-Film Casting to Fabricate Platelet-Reinforced Polymer Composite Films Exhibiting Superior Mechanical Properties

(2018) Donghwan Ji et al.   Small

Muscle-Inspired Highly Anisotropic, Strong, Ion-Conductive Hydrogels

(2018) Weiqing Kong et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Solvent-Free Photoresponsive Artificial Muscles Rapidly Driven by Molecular Machines

(2018) Shinji Ikejiri et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Multiscale Energy Dissipation Mechanism in Tough and Self-Healing Hydrogels

(2018) Kunpeng Cui et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Freezing Molecular Orientation under Stretch for High Mechanical Strength but Anisotropic Hydrogels

(2016) Peng Lin et al.   Small

Monodomain hydrogels prepared by shear-induced orientation and subsequent gelation

(2016) Xiao Ying Lin et al.   RSC Advances

Phase-Separation-Induced Anomalous Stiffening, Toughening, and Self-Healing of Polyacrylamide Gels

(2015) Koshiro Sato et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Controlled Remodeling of Hydrogel Networks and Subsequent Crosslinking: A Strategy for Preparation of Alginate Hydrogels with Ultrahigh Density and Enhanced Mechanical Properties

(2015) Bom Yi Shin et al.   MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS

Designed fabrication of super-stiff, anisotropic hybrid hydrogels via linear remodeling of polymer networks and subsequent crosslinking

(2015) Suji Choi et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry B

Fundamentals of double network hydrogels

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

Extremely tough composites from fabric reinforced polyampholyte hydrogels

(2015) Daniel R. King et al.   Materials Horizons

Designing artificial anterior cruciate ligaments based on novel fibrous structures

(2014) J. Cruz et al.   FIBERS AND POLYMERS

Bioinspired structural materials

(2014) Ulrike G. K. Wegst et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Flow-Orientation of Internal Structure and Anisotropic Properties on Hydrogels Consisted of Imogolite Hollow Nanofibers

(2014) Keisuke Kaneda et al.   SEN-I GAKKAISHI

Strengthening Alginate/Polyacrylamide Hydrogels Using Various Multivalent Cations

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

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

Tough and highly stretchable graphene oxide/polyacrylamide nanocomposite hydrogels

(2012) Ruiqiong Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Highly stretchable and tough hydrogels

(2012) Jeong-Yun Sun et al.   NATURE

Anisotropic tough poly(vinyl alcohol) hydrogels

(2012) Lin Zhang et al.   Soft Matter

Progress Toward Robust Polymer Hydrogels

(2011) Sina Naficy et al.   AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY

Unidirectional Alignment of Lamellar Bilayer in Hydrogel: One-Dimensional Swelling, Anisotropic Modulus, and Stress/Strain Tunable Structural Color

(2010) Md. Anamul Haque et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

A self-assembly pathway to aligned monodomain gels

(2010) Shuming Zhang et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

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

(2008) Wei Yang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Hydrogels for Soft Machines

(2008) Paul Calvert   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Hydrogels in drug delivery: Progress and challenges

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