Recent advances in multi-mechanism design of crack-resistant hydrogels
- 15 June 2022
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Soft Matter
- Vol. 18 (28) , 5153-5165
Abstract
Conventional hydrogels are easily fractured during deformation. To circumvent this problem, substantial efforts have been made to design crack-resistant hydrogels. Herein, recent progress in constructing such hydrogels is comprehensively reviewed.Keywords
Funding Information
- Higher Education Discipline Innovation Project (B16029)
- Fujian Provincial Department of Science and Technology (2019J06001)
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (20720220022)
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (12174323)
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (11974292)
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