Highly stretchable and tough hydrogels

Jeong-Yun Sun, Xuanhe Zhao, Widusha R. K. Illeperuma, Ovijit Chaudhuri, Kyu Hwan Oh, David J. Mooney, Joost J. Vlassak and Zhigang Suo ()
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Jeong-Yun Sun: School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University
Xuanhe Zhao: Duke University
Widusha R. K. Illeperuma: School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University
Ovijit Chaudhuri: School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University
Kyu Hwan Oh: Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, South Korea
David J. Mooney: School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University
Joost J. Vlassak: School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University
Zhigang Suo: School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University

Nature, 2012, vol. 489, issue 7414, 133-136

Abstract: Hydrogels with improved mechanical properties, made by combining polymer networks with ionic and covalent crosslinks, should expand the scope of applications, and may serve as model systems to explore mechanisms of deformation and energy dissipation.

Date: 2012
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