Rapidly Visible-Light-Mediated Photogelations for One-Step Engineering Multifunctional Tough Hydrogel Tubes
Wenqing Xiao, Ping Zhang, Hongqiu Wei, You Yu
Abstract
) and have mechanical strength (∼300 kPa) with a critical strain of 16, good fatigue resistance, and resilience (>95% within 3 min). These perfusable tubular hydrogels not only can be knitted and assembled to complicated 2D/3D structures, but also are designed to fabricate functional tubes in one step with the applications in fields of smart materials, soft electronics, and sensors.
Topics & Concepts
Materials scienceSelf-healing hydrogelsCoaxialSpinningFabricationResilience (materials science)Biocompatible materialComposite materialNozzleNanotechnologyMechanical engineeringBiomedical engineeringAlternative medicineMedicinePolymer chemistryEngineeringPathologyAdvanced Materials and MechanicsAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsHydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications