Multi-responsive nanocomposite hydrogels with high strength and toughness

Nanocomposite Hydrogels: 3D Polymer–Nanoparticle Synergies for On-Demand Drug Delivery

(2015) Sonia Merino et al.   ACS Nano

Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-Clay Nanocomposite Hydrogels with Responsive Bending Property as Temperature-Controlled Manipulators

(2015) Chen Yao et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Preparation and mechanical properties of a transparent ionic nanocomposite hydrogel

(2014) Juan Du et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMER RESEARCH

High-Strength Photoresponsive Hydrogels Enable Surface-Mediated Gene Delivery and Light-Induced Reversible Cell Adhesion/Detachment

(2014) Ning Wang et al.   LANGMUIR

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

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

A transparent Laponite polymer nanocomposite hydrogel synthesis via in-situ copolymerization of two ionic monomers

(2013) Peng Chen et al.   APPLIED CLAY SCIENCE

Nanocomposite hydrogels for biomedical applications

(2013) Akhilesh K. Gaharwar et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING

Multi-stimuli responsive self-healing metallo-hydrogels: tuning of the gel recovery property

(2013) Shibaji Basak et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

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

(2013) Xuanhe Zhao   Soft Matter

pH- and thermo-responsive poly(N-isopropylacrylamide-co-acrylic acid derivative) copolymers and hydrogels with LCST dependent on pH and alkyl side groups

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

Highly stretchable and tough hydrogels

(2012) Jeong-Yun Sun et al.   NATURE

Characteristic Swelling–Deswelling of Polymer/Clay Nanocomposite Gels

(2011) Huai-yin Ren et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Structure and Mechanism of Strength Enhancement in Interpenetrating Polymer Network Hydrogels

(2011) Dale J. Waters et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Stimuli-Responsive Nanocomposite Gels and Soft Nanocomposites Consisting of Inorganic Clays and Copolymers with Different Chemical Affinities

(2011) Kazutoshi Haraguchi et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Dual Network Formation in Polyelectrolyte Hydrogel via Viscoelastic Phase Separation: Role of Ionic Strength and Polymerization Kinetics

(2010) Zi Liang Wu et al.   MACROMOLECULES

High tensibility and pH-responsive swelling of nanocomposite hydrogels containing the positively chargeable 2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate monomer

(2010) Meina Zhu et al.   REACTIVE & FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS

Why are double network hydrogels so tough?

(2010) Jian Ping Gong   Soft Matter

Improved mechanical and swelling behavior of the composite hydrogels prepared by ionic monomer and acid-activated Laponite

(2009) Peng Li et al.   APPLIED CLAY SCIENCE

Synthesis and dual response of ionic nanocomposite hydrogels with ultrahigh tensibility and transparence

(2009) Xiaobo Hu et al.   POLYMER

Hydrogels for Soft Machines

(2008) Paul Calvert   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Equilibrium swelling behavior and elastic properties of polymer–clay nanocomposite hydrogels

(2008) Suzan Abdurrahmanoglu et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE

Temperature- and pH-Sensitive Nanocomposite Gels with Semi-Interpenetrating Organic/Inorganic Networks

(2008) Liyuan Song et al.   MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS