Materials both Tough and Soft

Tough elastomers are created by adapting an approach previously used for hydrogels. [Also see Report by Ducrot et al. ] Hydrogels and elastomers are soft materials that have similar network structures but very different affinities to water. Consisting mostly of water, hydrogels resemble biological s...

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Published in:Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 2014-04, Vol.344 (6180), p.161-162
Main Author: Ping Gong, Jian
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