Soft materials are materials with a low shear modulus relative to their bulk modulus and
where elastic restoring forces are mainly of entropic origin. A sparse population of strong …

Materials with switchable mechanical properties are widespread in living organisms and
endow many species with traits that are essential for their survival. Many of the mechanically …

Soft polymer networks have seen an explosion of recent developments motivated by new
high tech applications in the biomedical field or in engineering. We present a candid and …

As swollen polymer networks in water, hydrogels are usually brittle. However, hydrogels with
high toughness play critical roles in many plant and animal tissues as well as in diverse …

Hydrogels usually suffer from low mechanical strength, which largely limit their application in
many fields. In this Research Article, we prepared a dual physically cross-linked hydrogel …

Nanocomposite hydrogels with unprecedented stretchability, toughness, and self-healing
have been developed by in situ polymerization of acrylamide with the presence of exfoliated …

Underwater adhesion is crucial to many marine life forms living a sedentary lifestyle.
Amongst them, mussel adhesion has been mostly studied, which inspires numerous …

Biomimetic exploration of stimuli‐responsive and crack‐resistant hydrogels is of great
academic and practical significance, although the rational design of tough hydrogels is …

Hydrogels are frequently used biomaterials due to their similarity in hydration and structure
to biological tissues. However, their utility is limited by poor mechanical properties, namely …

Nanocomposites have drawn a great interest in materials science of elastomers in recent
years, and tailoring interfacial interactions between fillers and polymer matrix plays a critical …