Toughening

Binary Strengthening and Toughening of MXene/Cellulose Nanofiber Composite Paper with Nacre-Inspired Structure and Superior Electromagnetic Interference Shielding Properties

Wentao Cao, Feifei Chen, Ying‐Jie Zhu, Yonggang Zhang, Yingying Jiang, Ming‐Guo Ma

Citations: 1304 • 2018

Extreme Toughening of Soft Materials with Liquid Metal

Navid Kazem, Michael D. Bartlett, Carmel Majidi

Citations: 276 • 2018

Solvent‐Exchange‐Assisted Wet Annealing: A New Strategy for Superstrong, Tough, Stretchable, and Anti‐Fatigue Hydrogels

Yongchuan Wu, Zhang Ya, Haidi Wu, Jing Wen, Shu Zhang, Wenqian Xing, Hechuan Zhang, Huaiguo Xue, Jiefeng Gao, Yiu‐Wing Mai

Citations: 213 • 2023

Recent advances in 3D printing of tough hydrogels: A review

Xin Ning Zhang, Qiang Zheng, Zi Liang Wu

Citations: 175 • 2022

Toughening Hydrogels with Fibrillar Connected Double Networks

Yuhuang Fang, Ville Liljeström, Zhong‐Peng Lv, Olli Ikkala, Hang Zhang

Citations: 144 • 2024

Stimuli-Responsive Toughening of Hydrogels

Xinxing Lin, Xiaolin Wang, Liangpeng Zeng, Zi Liang Wu, Hui Guo, Dominique Hourdet

Citations: 135 • 2021

Thermally trainable dual network hydrogels

Shanming Hu, Yuhuang Fang, Matti Turunen, Olli Ikkala, Hang Zhang

Citations: 87 • 2023

Stretchable, Healable, and Degradable Soft Ionic Microdevices Based on Multifunctional Soaking-Toughened Dual-Dynamic-Network Organohydrogel Electrolytes

Lvye Fang, Jiacheng Zhang, Wenjin Wang, Fan Chen, Jianhua Zhou, Fubin Chen, Rui Li, Xuechang Zhou, Zhuang Xie

Citations: 83 • 2020

Toughening stretchable fibers via serial fracturing of a metallic core

C. B. Cooper, Ishan D. Joshipura, Dishit P. Parekh, Justin E. Norkett, Russell W. Mailen, Victoria M. Miller, Jan Genzer, Michael D. Dickey

Citations: 71 • 2019

Toughening of anti-freezing ionic hydrogels with Zr4+-dicarboxylic acid coordination complex for low temperature sensing applications

Aobo Ren, Lianghao Jia, Pan Wang, Tao Xiang, Shaobing Zhou

Citations: 37 • 2024

All-polymer nanocomposites having superior strength, toughness and ultralow energy dissipation

Haixiao Wan, Sai Li, Yachen Wang, Zhudan Chen, Junwei He, Chunhua Li, Gengxin Liu, Jun Liu, Xiaodong Wang, Thomas P. Russell, Liqun Zhang

Citations: 21 • 2023

Design Strategies and Perspectives on the Toughening of Hydrogels via Fully Physical Cross-Linking

Sirawit Pruksawan, Yi Ting Chong, Y.S. Lee, Fuke Wang

Citations: 12 • 2025

Tough Hydrogels: Toughening Mechanisms and Their Utilization in Stretchable Electronics and in Regenerative Medicines

Hyun‐Joong Chung, Hemant Charaya, Li Liu, Xinda Li

Citations: 9 • 2017

Toughening Mechanism of Unidirectional Stretchable Composite

Xiaochun Jiang, Zhengjin Wang, Danqi Sun, Tongqing Lu, Tiejun Wang

Citations: 6 • 2021

Multiple Hydrogen Bonded 3D‐Printed Elastomers with Enhanced Toughening by Photothermal Dual Curing for Customizable Biomimetic Flexible Grippers

Tongyi Wu, Qiaoling Zhang, Zhiwei Zhang, Zhongbiao Xie, Long Chen, Haisheng Hu, Qiu Chen

Citations: 4 • 2025

Hierarchical toughening: A step toward matching the complexity of biological materials

Daniel R. King, Jian Ping Gong

Citations: 4 • 2021

Asymmetric toughening in the lap shear of metamaterial structural adhesives

Chenghai Li, Qiang Guo, Robert S. Chambers, Shengqiang Cai

Citations: 3 • 2024

Cohesive failure of adhesive joints

P. T. Reynolds, D. E. Packham

Citations: 3 • 1987