Extremely Stretchable and Fast Self-Healing Hydrogels
Publication information:
Jeon, Cui, Illeperuma W, Aizenberg, Vlassak J. Extremely Stretchable and Fast Self-Healing Hydrogels. Adv. Mater. 2016;28(23):4678–4683.
Abstract
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.