JOURNAL ARTICLE

Self-healable, tough and highly stretchable hydrophobic association/ionic dual physically cross-linked hydrogels

Yulin ZhangChengxin HuXu XiangYong-Fu DiaoBinwei LiLing‐Ying ShiRong Ran

Year: 2017 Journal:   RSC Advances Vol: 7 (20)Pages: 12063-12073   Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry

Abstract

In this work, we describe a novel method for the production of tough and highly stretchable hydrogels with self-healing behavior, tensile strength of 150–300 kPa and stretch at break of 2400–2800%.

Keywords:
Self-healing hydrogels Materials science Ultimate tensile strength Self-healing Composite material Ionic bonding Polymer chemistry Chemistry Ion Organic chemistry

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Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications
Life Sciences →  Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology →  Molecular Medicine
Advanced Materials and Mechanics
Physical Sciences →  Engineering →  Mechanical Engineering
Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
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