Multiscale Energy Dissipation Mechanism in Tough and Self-Healing Hydrogels

Dissociating sticker dynamics from chain relaxation in supramolecular polymer networks—The importance of free partner!

(2017) J. Brassinne et al.   JOURNAL OF RHEOLOGY

Discussion of paper by J. Brassinne, A. Cadix, J. Wilson and E. van Ruymbeke, entitled ‘Dissociating sticker dynamics from chain relaxation in supramolecular polymer networks – The importance of free partner!’

(2017)   JOURNAL OF RHEOLOGY

Rheological properties of tough hydrogels based on an associating polymer with permanent and transient crosslinks: Effects of crosslinking density

(2017) Jingwen Zhao et al.   JOURNAL OF RHEOLOGY

Bulk Energy Dissipation Mechanism for the Fracture of Tough and Self-Healing Hydrogels

(2017) Tao Lin Sun et al.   MACROMOLECULES

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

(2017) Costantino Creton   MACROMOLECULES

Role of Dynamical Heterogeneities on the Mechanical Response of Confined Polymer

(2017) R. J. Masurel et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Advances in engineering hydrogels

(2017) Yu Shrike Zhang et al.   SCIENCE

Thermoresponsive Toughening with Crack Bifurcation in Phase-Separated Hydrogels under Isochoric Conditions

(2016) Hui Guo et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Stretching-induced ion complexation in physical polyampholyte hydrogels

(2016) Kunpeng Cui et al.   Soft Matter

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

(2015) Koshiro Sato et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Classification, processing and application of hydrogels: A review

(2015) Faheem Ullah et al.   Materials Science & Engineering C-Materials for Biological Applications

Visualization and Quantification of the Chemical and Physical Properties at a Diffusion-Induced Interface Using AFM Nanomechanical Mapping

(2014) Dong Wang et al.   MACROMOLECULES

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

Physical hydrogels composed of polyampholytes demonstrate high toughness and viscoelasticity

(2013) Tao Lin Sun et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

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

(2013) Xuanhe Zhao   Soft Matter

Highly stretchable and tough hydrogels

(2012) Jeong-Yun Sun et al.   NATURE

Non-affine deformations in polymer hydrogels

(2012) Qi Wen et al.   Soft Matter

Extensional rheometer for in situ x-ray scattering study on flow-induced crystallization of polymer

(2011) Yanping Liu et al.   REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS

Pseudo-elasticity of a double network gel

(2011) Xiao Wang et al.   Soft Matter

Why are double network hydrogels so tough?

(2010) Jian Ping Gong   Soft Matter

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