Recent Progress in Double Network Elastomers: One Plus One is Greater Than Two

Development of an Ultrastretchable Double-Network Hydrogel for Flexible Strain Sensors

(2021) Huijun Li et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Multilayered electronic transfer tattoo that can enable the crease amplification effect

(2021) Lixue Tang et al.   Science Advances

A Mechanically Robust and Versatile Liquid‐Free Ionic Conductive Elastomer

(2021) Burebi Yiming et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Self‐Healing, Robust, and Stretchable Electrode by Direct Printing on Dynamic Polyurea Surface at Slightly Elevated Temperature

(2021) Shuqi Liu et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Simultaneously Toughening and Stiffening Elastomers with Octuple Hydrogen Bonding

(2021) Yizhi Zhuo et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Nanophase Separation in Immiscible Double Network Elastomers Induces Synergetic Strengthening, Toughening, and Fatigue Resistance

(2021) Yong Zheng et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Antibacterial Dual Network Hydrogels for Sensing and Human Health Monitoring

(2021) Huan Lei et al.   Advanced Healthcare Materials

Construction of a physically cross-linked carrageenan/chitosan/calcium ion double-network hydrogel for 3-Nitro-1, 2, 4-triazole-5-one removal

(2021) Lun Huang et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Mechanically Robust Elastomers Enabled by a Facile Interfacial Interactions‐Driven Sacrificial Network

(2021) Wei‐Wei Yu et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Covalent-bond-forming method to reinforce rubber with cellulose nanocrystal based on the thiol-ene click reaction

(2021) Mao-ping Jiang et al.   COMPOSITES COMMUNICATIONS

Mimicking Mechanical Robustness of Natural Rubber Based on Sacrificial Network Constructed by Phospholipids

(2020) Yan-Chan Wei et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Protein-Inspired Self-Healable Ti3C2 MXenes/Rubber-Based Supramolecular Elastomer for Intelligent Sensing

(2020) Quanquan Guo et al.   ACS Nano

3D Printing of a Biocompatible Double Network Elastomer with Digital Control of Mechanical Properties

(2020) Pengrui Wang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Autonomous Self-Healing, Antifreezing, and Transparent Conductive Elastomers

(2020) Ren’ai Li et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Supersoft, Stretchable, Tough, and Adhesive Elastomers with Dual Metal‐Ionic Crosslinked Double‐Network Structure

(2020) Chuanxia Jiang et al.   MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS

Effect of Relative Strength of Two Networks on the Internal Fracture Process of Double Network Hydrogels As Revealed by in Situ Small-Angle X-ray Scattering

(2020) Kazuki Fukao et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Ionoelastomer junctions between polymer networks of fixed anions and cations

(2020) Hyeong Jun Kim et al.   SCIENCE

Tacky Elastomers to Enable Tear‐Resistant and Autonomous Self‐Healing Semiconductor Composites

(2020) Song Zhang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Highly Efficient and Water‐Insensitive Self‐Healing Elastomer for Wet and Underwater Electronics

(2020) Muhammad Khatib et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Low‐Voltage Reversible Electroadhesion of Ionoelastomer Junctions

(2020) Hyeong Jun Kim et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Facile Photo and Thermal Two‐Stage Curing for High‐Performance 3D Printing of Poly(Dimethylsiloxane)

(2020) Zhongying Ji et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Regulating Color Activation Energy of Mechanophore-Linked Multinetwork Elastomers

(2020) Wenlian Qiu et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Toughening natural rubber by the innate sacrificial network

(2020) Wei-Wei Yu et al.   POLYMER

Universally autonomous self-healing elastomer with high stretchability

(2020) Hongshuang Guo et al.   Nature Communications

Fiber‐Reinforced Viscoelastomers Show Extraordinary Crack Resistance That Exceeds Metals

(2020) Wei Cui et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Highly Stretchable Tough Elastomers Crosslinked by Spiropyran Mechanophores for Strain‐Induced Colorimetric Sensing

(2020) Ziquan Cao   MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS

3D printable tough silicone double networks

(2020) Thomas J. Wallin et al.   Nature Communications

A Highly‐Adhesive and Self‐Healing Elastomer for Bio‐Interfacial Electrode

(2020) Zhicheng Xu et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Autonomous Self‐Healing Elastomers with Unprecedented Adhesion Force

(2020) Zhen Zhang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Surface and Interface Engineering for Nanocellulosic Advanced Materials

(2020) Xianpeng Yang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Super Strong and Tough Elastomers Enabled by Sacrificial Segregated Network

(2020) Yong Zhu et al.   CHINESE JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE

A constitutive model for multi network elastomers pre-stretched by swelling

(2020) Danming Zhong et al.   Extreme Mechanics Letters

Snakeskin-Inspired Elastomers with Extremely Low Coefficient of Friction under Dry Conditions

(2020) Mengyuan Wang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Toward Robust, Tough, Self-Healable Supramolecular Elastomers for Potential Application in Flexible Substrates

(2020) Jianfeng Fan et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

A tough and self-fusing elastomer tape

(2020) Yan-Jie Wang et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Integrating Sacrificial Bonds into Dynamic Covalent Networks toward Mechanically Robust and Malleable Elastomers

(2019) Yingjun Liu et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Ultra-strong long-chain polyamide elastomers with programmable supramolecular interactions and oriented crystalline microstructures

(2019) Lingzhi Song et al.   Nature Communications

Mechanoresponsive self-growing hydrogels inspired by muscle training

(2019) Takahiro Matsuda et al.   SCIENCE

Stretchable materials of high toughness and low hysteresis

(2019) Zhengjin Wang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Flexible and low temperature resistant double network alkaline gel polymer electrolyte with dual-role KOH for supercapacitor

(2019) Xiaoyi Hu et al.   JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES

A Highly Efficient Self‐Healing Elastomer with Unprecedented Mechanical Properties

(2019) Luzhi Zhang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Fabrication of Tough and Stretchable Hybrid Double-Network Elastomers Using Ionic Dissociation of Polyelectrolyte in Nonaqueous Media

(2019) Takahiro Matsuda et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Mechanically Robust, Self-Healable, and Reprocessable Elastomers Enabled by Dynamic Dual Cross-Links

(2019) Yi Chen et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Publisher Correction: p53 regulation of ammonia metabolism through urea cycle controls polyamine biosynthesis

(2019) Le Li et al.   NATURE

Highly Durable Nanofiber-Reinforced Elastic Conductors for Skin-Tight Electronic Textiles

(2019) Hanbit Jin et al.   ACS Nano

An Adaptable Tough Elastomer with Moisture‐Triggered Switchable Mechanical and Fluorescent Properties

(2019) Xing Zhou et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Transparent Soft Robots for Effective Camouflage

(2019) Pengcheng Li et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Enhanced Dynamic Adhesion in Nematic Liquid Crystal Elastomers

(2019) Takuya Ohzono et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Double-Network Formation and Mechanical Enhancement of Reducing End-Modified Cellulose Nanocrystals to the Thermoplastic Elastomer Based on Click Reaction and Bulk Cross-Linking

(2019) Han Tao et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Microscopic State of Polymer Network Chains upon Swelling and Deformation

(2019) Anna Naumova et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Macroscale Double Networks: Design Criteria for Optimizing Strength and Toughness

(2019) Daniel R. King et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Tough double network elastomers reinforced by the amorphous cellulose network

(2019) Joji Murai et al.   POLYMER

Transparent, Mechanically Strong, Extremely Tough, Self‐Recoverable, Healable Supramolecular Elastomers Facilely Fabricated via Dynamic Hard Domains Design for Multifunctional Applications

(2019) Dong Wang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Reinforcing effect of graphene oxide on mechanical properties, self-healing performance and recoverability of double network hydrogel based on κ-carrageenan and polyacrylamide

(2019) Sara Tarashi et al.   POLYMER

Tough Double-Network Gels and Elastomers from the Nonprestretched First Network

(2019) Tasuku Nakajima et al.   ACS Macro Letters

A Highly Stretchable and Self‐Healing Supramolecular Elastomer Based on Sliding Crosslinks and Hydrogen Bonds

(2019) Ruichun Du et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Fatigue-Resistant elastomers

(2019) Chenghai Li et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS

Iron ion cluster-OH coordination as high-efficiency sacrificial bond for reinforcement of elastomer

(2019) Xuhui Zhang et al.   POLYMER

Highly Stretchable and Transparent Thermistor Based on Self-Healing Double Network Hydrogel

(2018) Jin Wu et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Toughening Elastomers Using a Mussel-Inspired Multiphase Design

(2018) Xuhui Zhang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Highly Stretchable and Tough Hydrogels below Water Freezing Temperature

(2018) Xavier P. Morelle et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Tough and Water-Insensitive Self-Healing Elastomer for Robust Electronic Skin

(2018) Jiheong Kang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

General Strategy To Fabricate Strong and Tough Low-Molecular-Weight Gelator-Based Supramolecular Hydrogels with Double Network Structure

(2018) Feng Chen et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Highly stretchable and transparent ionic conducting elastomers

(2018) Lei Shi et al.   Nature Communications

Robust and flexible strain sensors based on dual physically cross-linked double network hydrogels for monitoring human-motion

(2018) Shan Xia et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Multiphase Structure and Electromechanical Behaviors of Aliphatic Polyurethane Elastomers

(2018) Dong Xiang et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Super tough and strong self-healing elastomers based on polyampholytes

(2018) Yan Peng et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

General Principle for Fabricating Natural Globular Protein-Based Double-Network Hydrogels with Integrated Highly Mechanical Properties and Surface Adhesion on Solid Surfaces

(2018) Ziqing Tang et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Visualizing the Toughening Mechanism of Nanofiller with 3D X-ray Nano-CT: Stress-Induced Phase Separation of Silica Nanofiller and Silicone Polymer Double Networks

(2017) Lixian Song et al.   MACROMOLECULES

50th Anniversary Perspective: Networks and Gels: Soft but Dynamic and Tough

(2017) Costantino Creton   MACROMOLECULES

Generalization of the sacrificial bond principle for gel and elastomer toughening

(2017) Tasuku Nakajima   POLYMER JOURNAL

Designing toughness and strength for soft materials

(2017) Xuanhe Zhao   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Effect of Polymer Network Architecture, Enhancing Soft Materials Using Orthogonal Dynamic Bonds in an Interpenetrating Network

(2017) Elizabeth M. Foster et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Design of Self-Healing Supramolecular Rubbers by Introducing Ionic Cross-Links into Natural Rubber via a Controlled Vulcanization

(2016) Chuanhui Xu et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Recoverable and Self-Healing Double Network Hydrogel Based on κ-Carrageenan

(2016) Sijun Liu et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Characterizing Large Strain Elasticity of Brittle Elastomeric Networks by Embedding Them in a Soft Extensible Matrix

(2016) Etienne Ducrot et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

A Universal Soaking Strategy to Convert Composite Hydrogels into Extremely Tough and Rapidly Recoverable Double-Network Hydrogels

(2016) Yanyu Yang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Improvement of Mechanical Strength and Fatigue Resistance of Double Network Hydrogels by Ionic Coordination Interactions

(2016) Qiang Chen et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Bioinspired Engineering of Sacrificial Metal–Ligand Bonds into Elastomers with Supramechanical Performance and Adaptive Recovery

(2016) Zhenghai Tang et al.   MACROMOLECULES

A highly stretchable autonomous self-healing elastomer

(2016) Cheng-Hui Li et al.   Nature Chemistry

Toughening diene elastomers by strong hydrogen bond interactions

(2016) Ming-Chao Luo et al.   POLYMER

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

Strikingly improved toughness of nonpolar rubber by incorporating sacrificial network at small fraction

(2015) Xuhui Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART B-POLYMER PHYSICS

Unveiling Reinforcement and Toughening Mechanism of Filler Network in Natural Rubber with Synchrotron Radiation X-ray Nano-Computed Tomography

(2015) Liang Chen et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Structure of Tough Multiple Network Elastomers by Small Angle Neutron Scattering

(2015) Etienne Ducrot et al.   MACROMOLECULES

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

(2015) Qiang Chen et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Dynamic crosslinked poly(styrene-block-butadiene-block-styrene) via Diels–Alder chemistry: an ideal method to improve solvent resistance and mechanical properties without losing its thermal plastic behavior

(2015) Jing Bai et al.   RSC Advances

Fundamentals of double network hydrogels

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

Strain-Induced Crystallization of Natural Rubber and Cross-Link Densities Heterogeneities

(2014) Nicolas Candau et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Spiropyran as a Mechanochromic Probe in Dual Cross-Linked Elastomers

(2014) Huan Zhang et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Brittle–ductile transition of double network hydrogels: Mechanical balance of two networks as the key factor

(2014) Saika Ahmed et al.   POLYMER

Materials both Tough and Soft

(2014) J. P. Gong   SCIENCE

Toughening Elastomers with Sacrificial Bonds and Watching Them Break

(2014) E. Ducrot et al.   SCIENCE

Design of stiff, tough and stretchy hydrogel composites via nanoscale hybrid crosslinking and macroscale fiber reinforcement

(2014) Shaoting Lin et al.   Soft Matter

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

Double-Network Strategy Improves Fracture Properties of Chondroitin Sulfate Networks

(2013) Tiffany C. Suekama et al.   ACS Macro Letters

A Universal Molecular Stent Method to Toughen any Hydrogels Based on Double Network Concept

(2012) Tasuku Nakajima et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Highly stretchable and tough hydrogels

(2012) Jeong-Yun Sun et al.   NATURE

Why are double network hydrogels so tough?

(2010) Jian Ping Gong   Soft Matter

True Chemical Structure of Double Network Hydrogels

(2009) Tasuku Nakajima et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Direct Observation of Damage Zone around Crack Tips in Double-Network Gels

(2009) Qiu Ming Yu et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Localized Yielding Around Crack Tips of Double-Network Gels

(2008) Yoshimi Tanaka et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS