Bonding dissimilar polymer networks in various manufacturing processes

Qihan Liu; Guodong Nian; Canhui Yang; Shaoxing Qu; Zhigang Suo

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-03269-x

Nature Communications (Feb 2018)

Bonding dissimilar polymer networks in various manufacturing processes

Qihan Liu,
Guodong Nian,
Canhui Yang,
Shaoxing Qu,
Zhigang Suo

Affiliations

Qihan Liu: John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Kavli Institute for Bionano Science and Technology, Harvard University
Guodong Nian: John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Kavli Institute for Bionano Science and Technology, Harvard University
Canhui Yang: John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Kavli Institute for Bionano Science and Technology, Harvard University
Shaoxing Qu: State Key Laboratory of Fluid Power & Mechatronic System, Key Laboratory of Soft Machines and Smart Devices of Zhejiang Province, and Department of Engineering Mechanics, Zhejiang University
Zhigang Suo: John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Kavli Institute for Bionano Science and Technology, Harvard University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03269-x
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Hydrogels and hydrophobic elastomers of various shapes are difficult to bond in arbitrary sequences. Here the authors mix silane coupling agents into a precursor to form hydrogel resins with robust properties that can be spun, coated and printed in air.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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