Conjoined-network rendered stiff and tough hydrogels from biogenic molecules.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Liju Xu; Chen Wang; Yang Cui; Ailing Li; Yan Qiao; Dong Qiu
- Source
- Science Advances. Feb2019, Vol. 5 Issue 2, p1-9. 9p.
- Subject
- *HYDROGELS
*BIOGENIC landforms
*MOLECULES
*HOMOGENEITY
*ENERGY dissipation
- Language
- ISSN
- 2375-2548
The article discusses that hydrogels from biological sources are used as structural biomaterials but are soft or fragile. The research states that strategy is used to construct hydrogels that were both stiff and tough using the formation of the conjoined-network, that was different from improving homogeneity or incorporating energy dissipation mechanisms (double-network) approaches.