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Anisotropic tough multilayer hydrogels with programmable orientation

Md. Tariful Islam Mredha, Hong Hieu Le, Van Tron Tran, Pavel Trtik, Jiaxi Cui, Insu Jeon

Materials Horizons · 2019 · 160 citations · 31 references

Concepts

Natural SciencesMaterials EngineeringMaterials ScienceBiomaterialsPolymer EngineeringGelsHydrogel BiomaterialsHydrogelsPolymer NetworksHydrogel MaterialsHydrogel Network StructureHydrogel SynthesisPolymeric Hydrogels

Abstract

This study presents a novel self-welding-based interfacial reconfiguration strategy for preparing anisotropic tough hydrogels with user-programmed hierarchical orientation.

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