Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item:
http://hdl.handle.net/10397/88663
Title: | Visible-light-assisted multimechanism design for one-step engineering tough hydrogels in seconds | Authors: | Wang, C Zhang, P Xiao, WQ Zhao, JQ Shi, MT Wei, HQ Deng, ZH Guo, BL Zheng, ZJ Yu, Y |
Issue Date: | 2020 | Source: | Nature communications, . . 2020, , v. 11, no. 1, 4694, p. 1-9 | Abstract: | Tough hydrogels that are capable of efficient mechanical energy dissipation and withstanding large strains have potential applications in diverse areas. However, most reported fabrication strategies are performed in multiple steps with long-time UV irradiation or heating at high temperatures, limiting their biological and industrial applications. Hydrogels formed with a single pair of mechanisms are unstable in harsh conditions. Here we report a one-step, biocompatible, straightforward and general strategy to prepare tough soft hydrogels in a few tens of seconds under mild conditions. With a multimechanism design, the network structures remarkably improve the mechanical properties of hydrogels and maintain their high toughness in various environments. The broad compatibility of the proposed method with a spectrum of printing technologies makes it suitable for potential applications requiring high-resolution patterns/structures. This strategy opens horizons to inspire the design and application of high-performance hydrogels in fields of material chemistry, tissue engineering, and flexible electronics. Tough hydrogels capable of efficient mechanical energy dissipation are difficult to be patterned and/or printed which limits their application. Here the authors show a one-step, biocompatible and general strategy to prepare tough soft hydrogels with high-resolution 2D/3D microstructures quickly under mild conditions. | Publisher: | Nature Publishing Group | Journal: | Nature communications | EISSN: | 2041-1723 | DOI: | 10.1038/s41467-020-18145-w | Rights: | Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. © The Author(s) 2020 The following publication Wang, C., Zhang, P., Xiao, W. Q., Zhao, J. Q., Shi, M. T., Wei, H. Q., . . . Yu, Y. (2020). Visible-light-assisted multimechanism design for one-step engineering tough hydrogels in seconds. Nature Communications, 11(1), 4694, 1-9 is available at https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18145-w |
Appears in Collections: | Journal/Magazine Article |
Files in This Item:
File | Description | Size | Format | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Wang_Visible-Light-Assisted_Multimechanism_Design.pdf | 2.14 MB | Adobe PDF | View/Open |
Page views
46
Last Week
0
0
Last month
Citations as of Apr 28, 2024
Downloads
22
Citations as of Apr 28, 2024
SCOPUSTM
Citations
56
Citations as of Apr 26, 2024
WEB OF SCIENCETM
Citations
56
Citations as of May 2, 2024
Google ScholarTM
Check
Altmetric
Items in DSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.