Extremely Stretchable and Fast Self‐Healing Hydrogels

Authors: Insu Jeon, Jiaxi Cui, Widusha R. K. Illeperuma, Joanna Aizenberg, Joost J. Vlassak - Advanced Materials 2016 cited by 487

Dynamic crosslinking of extremely stretchable hydrogels with rapid self-healing ability is described. Using this new strategy, the obtained hydrogels are able to elongate 100 times compared to their initial length and to completely self-heal within 30 s without external energy input.