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

A highly stretchable autonomous self-healing elastomer

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

Highly tough and puncture resistant hydrogels driven by macromolecular microspheres

(2016) Xiu Yan Ren et al.   RSC Advances

Highly stretchable and tough pH-sensitive hydrogels with reversible swelling and recoverable deformation

(2016) Xue Jiao Liu et al.   RSC Advances

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

Oppositely Charged Polyelectrolytes Form Tough, Self-Healing, and Rebuildable Hydrogels

(2015) Feng Luo et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Low-velocity super-lubrication of sodium-alginate/polyacrylamide ionic–covalent hybrid double-network hydrogels

(2015) Xuefeng Li et al.   Soft Matter

Self-healable, super tough graphene oxide–poly(acrylic acid) nanocomposite hydrogels facilitated by dual cross-linking effects through dynamic ionic interactions

(2015) Ming Zhong et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry B

"Nonswellable" Hydrogel Without Mechanical Hysteresis

(2014) H. Kamata et al.   SCIENCE

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 Multistimuli-Responsive Photochromic Metal-Organic Gel

(2013) Shi-Chao Wei et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

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

Interactions Affecting the Mechanical Properties of Macromolecular Microsphere Composite Hydrogels

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

Physical hydrogels composed of polyampholytes demonstrate high toughness and viscoelasticity

(2013) Tao Lin Sun et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

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

(2013) Jing Zhao et al.   POLYMER

Self-healing polyacrylic acid hydrogels

(2013) Umit Gulyuz et al.   Soft Matter

Hydrogel-Forming Microneedle Arrays for Enhanced Transdermal Drug Delivery

(2012) Ryan F. Donnelly et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

pH-Based Regulation of Hydrogel Mechanical Properties Through Mussel-Inspired Chemistry and Processing

(2012) Devin G. Barrett et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Highly Effective Adsorption of Heavy Metal Ions from Aqueous Solutions by Macroporous Xylan-Rich Hemicelluloses-Based Hydrogel

(2012) Xin-Wen Peng et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY

Photocrosslinked alginate with hyaluronic acid hydrogels as vehicles for mesenchymal stem cell encapsulation and chondrogenesis

(2012) Emily E. Coates et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS RESEARCH PART A

Structure optimization of self-healing hydrogels formed via hydrophobic interactions

(2012) Deniz C. Tuncaboylu et al.   POLYMER

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

(2012) Qiang Wang et al.   Soft Matter

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

Barrier Films from Renewable Forestry Waste

(2010) Ulrica Edlund et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Why are double network hydrogels so tough?

(2010) Jian Ping Gong   Soft Matter

Photocrosslinked alginate hydrogels with tunable biodegradation rates and mechanical properties

(2009) Oju Jeon et al.   BIOMATERIALS

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

(2008) Takamasa Sakai et al.   MACROMOLECULES