Naturally sourced hydrogels: emerging fundamental materials for next-generation healthcare sensing

Z Wang, H Wei, Y Huang, Y Wei, J Chen - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The flourishing development of flexible healthcare sensing systems is inseparable from the
fundamental materials with application-oriented mechanical and electrical properties …

Soft materials by design: unconventional polymer networks give extreme properties

X Zhao, X Chen, H Yuk, S Lin, X Liu… - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Hydrogels are polymer networks infiltrated with water. Many biological hydrogels in animal
bodies such as muscles, heart valves, cartilages, and tendons possess extreme mechanical …

Bioinspired double network hydrogels: from covalent double network hydrogels via hybrid double network hydrogels to physical double network hydrogels

X Xu, VV Jerca, R Hoogenboom - Materials horizons, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The design and synthesis of double network (DN) hydrogels that can mimic the properties
and/or structure of natural tissue has flourished in recent years, overcoming the bottlenecks …

[HTML][HTML] 3D printing of hydrogels: Rational design strategies and emerging biomedical applications

J Li, C Wu, PK Chu, M Gelinsky - Materials Science and Engineering: R …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract 3D printing alias additive manufacturing can transform 3D virtual models created by
computer-aided design (CAD) into physical 3D objects in a layer-by-layer manner …

A solvent‐exchange strategy to regulate noncovalent interactions for strong and antiswelling hydrogels

L Xu, S Gao, Q Guo, C Wang, Y Qiao… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Physical hydrogels from existing polymers consisting of noncovalent interacting networks
are highly desired due to their well‐controlled compositions and environmental friendliness; …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in 3D printing of tough hydrogels: A review

XN Zhang, Q Zheng, ZL Wu - Composites Part B: Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Over the past two decades, the development of hydrogels with high mechanical strength and
toughness shows both fundamental and practical significances. It is challenging yet highly …

Stretchable and tough conductive hydrogels for flexible pressure and strain sensors

Z Wang, Y Cong, J Fu - Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Flexible pressure and strain sensors have great potential for applications in wearable and
implantable devices, soft robotics and artificial skin. Compared to flexible sensors based on …

Strong, tough, rapid-recovery, and fatigue-resistant hydrogels made of picot peptide fibres

B Xue, Z Bashir, Y Guo, W Yu, W Sun, Y Li… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Hydrogels are promising soft materials as tissue engineering scaffolds, stretchable sensors,
and soft robotics. Yet, it remains challenging to develop synthetic hydrogels with mechanical …

A synthetic hydrogel composite with the mechanical behavior and durability of cartilage

F Yang, J Zhao, WJ Koshut, J Watt… - Advanced Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This article reports the first hydrogel with the strength and modulus of cartilage in both
tension and compression, and the first to exhibit cartilage‐equivalent tensile fatigue strength …

Adhesive, stretchable, and transparent organohydrogels for antifreezing, antidrying, and sensitive ionic skins

Z He, W Yuan - ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2021 - ACS Publications
As a flexible wearable device, hydrogel-based sensors have attracted widespread attention
in soft electronics. However, the application of traditional hydrogels at extreme temperatures …