Nature Communications (Nov 2022)

Design of large-span stick-slip freely switchable hydrogels via dynamic multiscale contact synergy

  • Zhizhi Zhang,
  • Chenxi Qin,
  • Haiyan Feng,
  • Yangyang Xiang,
  • Bo Yu,
  • Xiaowei Pei,
  • Yanfei Ma,
  • Feng Zhou

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34816-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Switching between adhesive and non-adhesive states is important to design materials with on-demand adhesion properties but realizing reversible switching on large scale remains challenging. Here, the authors report the design of a hydrogel demonstrating rapid and reversibly switch between slippery and sticky states.