The fracture mechanics of hydrogels, especially those with significantly enhanced
toughness, has attracted extensive research interests. In this article we discuss the …

Soft polymer networks have seen an explosion of recent developments motivated by new
high tech applications in the biomedical field or in engineering. We present a candid and …

Numerous mechanically strong and tough soft materials comprising of polymer networks
have been developed over the last two decades, motivated by new high-tech applications in …

We present a physics-based theoretical framework to describe the transient mechanical
response of polymers undergoing finite deformation. For this, a statistical description of the …

This work presents a novel shear-dependant, smart layer consisting of a polyborosiloxane
(PBS)-based Shear Stiffening Gel (SSG), encapsulated in crosslinked vinyl-terminated …

A new interpenetrating polymer network superadsorbent (IPNS) hydrogel, possessing
unprecedented physicochemical properties/swellability and excellent recyclability, has been …

This work reports the potential of a full-field, simple-setup and user-interactive method to
study the safeguarding property of shear thickening gel (STG) by converting the invisible …

We develop a three-dimensional continuum theory for a dual cross-link gel with permanent
and transient bonds. This theory connects the breaking and re-forming kinetics of the …

A method based on Singular Value Decomposition (SVD) and Gaussian process machine
learning is proposed to build a metamodel of a constitutive model that models time …

Modern polymeric hydrogels use reversible bonds to mimic biological functionalities.
However, true biological materials benefit from several supramolecular elements and deliver …