Progress in the mechanical enhancement of hydrogels: Fabrication strategies and underlying mechanisms

Hydrogels have become ideal materials in the nascent applications of tissue engineering, soft robots, drug delivery, and so forth. However, compared with biological tissues, the inherent heterogeneous microstructure and low density of polymer chains make hydrogels mechanically weak, severely limitin...

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Published in:Journal of polymer science (2020) 2022-09, Vol.60 (17), p.2525-2542
Main Authors: Lin, Xuan, Zhao, Xianwei, Xu, Chongzhi, Wang, Lili, Xia, Yanzhi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biomedical materials
hydrogel
Hydrogels
mechanical enhancement
Mechanical properties
Microstructure
microstructures
modification mechanism
Moisture content
Structural hierarchy
structure–property relationship
Tissue engineering
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