Anti-fatigue-fracture hydrogels

• DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aau8528
• Publication Date: 2019-01-26T00:25:26Z
• Authors: Shaoting Lin; Xinyue Liu; Ji Liu; Hyunwoo Yuk; Hyun-Chae Loh; German A. Parada; Charles Settens; Jake Song; Admir Masic; Gareth H. McKinley; Xuanhe Zhao
• Keywords: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft); FOS: Physical sciences; Physics - Applied Physics; Applied Physics (physics.app-ph); Condensed Matter - Soft Condensed Matter; 01 natural sciences; Research Articles; 0104 chemical sciences

Nanocrystalline domains can be used to create robust anti-fatigue-fracture hydrogels for artificial cartilages and soft robots.