Toughness

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

Tough bonding of hydrogels to diverse non-porous surfaces

Hyunwoo Yuk, Teng Zhang, Shaoting Lin, German Alberto Parada, Xuanhe Zhao

Citations: 1131 • 2015

Tough and Water‐Insensitive Self‐Healing Elastomer for Robust Electronic Skin

Jiheong Kang, Donghee Son, Ging‐Ji Nathan Wang, Yuxin Liu, Jeffrey Lopez, Yeongin Kim, Jin Young Oh, Toru Katsumata, Jaewan Mun, Yeongjun Lee, Lihua Jin, Jeffrey B.‐H. Tok, Zhenan Bao

Citations: 1105 • 2018

Poly(vinyl alcohol) Hydrogels with Broad‐Range Tunable Mechanical Properties via the Hofmeister Effect

Shuwang Wu, Mutian Hua, Yousif Alsaid, Yingjie Du, Yanfei Ma, Yusen Zhao, Chiao‐Yueh Lo, Canran Wang, Dong Wu, Bowen Yao, Joseph Strzalka, Hua Zhou, Xinyuan Zhu, Ximin He

Citations: 820 • 2021

Stretchable materials of high toughness and low hysteresis

Zhengjin Wang, Chunping Xiang, Xi Yao, Paul Le Floch, Julien Mendez, Zhigang Suo

Citations: 420 • 2019

Mimicking biological stress–strain behaviour with synthetic elastomers

Mohammad Vatankhah‐Varnosfaderani, William F. M. Daniel, Matthew H. Everhart, Ashish Pandya, Heyi Liang, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, Andrey V. Dobrynin, Sergei S. Sheiko

Citations: 406 • 2017

Highly stable flexible pressure sensors with a quasi-homogeneous composition and interlinked interfaces

Yuan Zhang, Junlong Yang, Xingyu Hou, Gang Li, Liu Wang, Ningning Bai, Minkun Cai, Lingyu Zhao, Yan Wang, Jianming Zhang, Ke Chen, Xiang Wu, Canhui Yang, Yuan Dai, Zhengyou Zhang, Chuan Fei Guo

Citations: 401 • 2022

Fatigue-resistant adhesion of hydrogels

Ji Liu, Shaoting Lin, Xinyue Liu, Zhao Qin, Yueying Yang, Jianfeng Zang, Xuanhe Zhao

Citations: 390 • 2020

A Moisture‐Driven Actuator Based on Polydopamine‐Modified MXene/Bacterial Cellulose Nanofiber Composite Film

Luyu Yang, Jianjun Cui, Lei Zhang, Xuran Xu, Dongping Sun

Citations: 278 • 2021

Extreme Toughening of Soft Materials with Liquid Metal

Navid Kazem, Michael D. Bartlett, Carmel Majidi

Citations: 276 • 2018

Stretchable hydrogels with low hysteresis and anti-fatigue fracture based on polyprotein cross-linkers

Hai Lei, Liang Dong, Ying Li, Jun‐Sheng Zhang, Huiyan Chen, Junhua Wu, Yu Zhang, Qiyang Fan, Bin Xue, Meng Qin, Bin Chen, Yi Cao, Wei Wang

Citations: 272 • 2020

An Anti‐Freezing, Ambient‐Stable and Highly Stretchable Ionic Skin with Strong Surface Adhesion for Wearable Sensing and Soft Robotics

Binbin Ying, Ryan Zeyuan Chen, Runze Zuo, Jianyu Li, Xinyu Liu

Citations: 264 • 2021

Highly compressible glass-like supramolecular polymer networks

Zehuan Huang, Xiaoyi Chen, Stephen J. K. O’Neill, Guanglu Wu, Daniel J. Whitaker, Jiaxuan Li, Jade A. McCune, Oren A. Scherman

Citations: 234 • 2021

Robust, Stretchable, and Self-Healable Supramolecular Elastomers Synergistically Cross-Linked by Hydrogen Bonds and Coordination Bonds

Xianzhang Wu, Jinqing Wang, Jingxia Huang, Shengrong Yang

Citations: 228 • 2019

Highly Elastic, Transparent, and Conductive 3D‐Printed Ionic Composite Hydrogels

Jérémy Odent, Thomas J. Wallin, Wenyang Pan, Kevin Kruemplestaedter, Robert F. Shepherd, Emmanuel P. Giannelis

Citations: 217 • 2017

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

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

Xuan Lin, Xianwei Zhao, Chongzhi Xu, Lili Wang, Yanzhi Xia

Citations: 204 • 2022

Tunable Sponge‐Like Hierarchically Porous Hydrogels with Simultaneously Enhanced Diffusivity and Mechanical Properties

Yousif Alsaid, Shuwang Wu, Dong Wu, Yingjie Du, Lingxia Shi, Roozbeh Khodambashi, Rossana Rico, Mutian Hua, Yichen Yan, Yusen Zhao, Daniel M. Aukes, Ximin He

Citations: 200 • 2021

Dynamic Nanoconfinement Enabled Highly Stretchable and Supratough Polymeric Materials with Desirable Healability and Biocompatibility

Lei Liu, Menghe Zhu, Xiaodong Xu, Xin Li, Zhewen Ma, Zhen Jiang, Andrij Pich, Hao Wang, Pingan Song

Citations: 198 • 2021

Optically transparent, high-toughness elastomer using a polyrotaxane cross-linker as a molecular pulley

Hiroaki Gotoh, Chang Liu, Abu Bin Imran, Mitsuo Hara, Takahiro Seki, Koichi Mayumi, Kohzo Ito, Yukikazu Takeoka

Citations: 192 • 2018