Enhancing the fracture resistance of hydrogels by regulating the energy release rate via bilayer designs: Theory and experiments
Yijie Cai, Jie Ma, Zihang Shen, Xianmin Shao, Zheng Jia, Shaoxing Qu
Topics & Concepts
Materials scienceSelf-healing hydrogelsFracture toughnessStrain energy release rateComposite materialFracture (geology)ToughnessBilayerDelamination (geology)Fracture mechanicsMonolayerNanotechnologyMembraneSubductionPolymer chemistryGeneticsPaleontologyTectonicsBiologyHydrogels: synthesis, properties, applicationsElasticity and Material ModelingAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials