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Extremely Stretchable and Fast Self‐Healing Hydrogels
Author(s) -
Jeon Insu,
Cui Jiaxi,
Illeperuma Widusha R. K.,
Aizenberg Joanna,
Vlassak Joost J.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201600480
Subject(s) - self healing hydrogels , self healing , materials science , self healing material , nanotechnology , composite material , biomedical engineering , polymer chemistry , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
Dynamic crosslinking of extremely stretchable hydrogels with rapid self‐healing ability is described. Using this new strategy, the obtained hydrogels are able to elongate 100 times compared to their initial length and to completely self‐heal within 30 s without external energy input.