Toughening hydrogels through force-triggered chemical reactions that lengthen polymer strands

Toughening hydrogels through force-triggered chemical reactions that lengthen polymer strands

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<jats:title>Longer and stronger; stiff but not brittle</jats:title> <jats:p> Hydrogels are highly water-swollen, cross-linked polymers. Although they can be highly deformed, they tend to be weak, and methods to strengthen or toughen them tend to reduce stret...

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Main Authors: Wang, Zi, Zheng, Xujun, Ouchi, Tetsu, Kouznetsova, Tatiana B, Beech, Haley K, Av-Ron, Sarah, Matsuda, Takahiro, Bowser, Brandon H, Wang, Shu, Johnson, Jeremiah A, Kalow, Julia A, Olsen, Bradley D, Gong, Jian Ping, Rubinstein, Michael, Craig, Stephen L
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2022
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/141093

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