This paper reports a universal strategy for easily preparing hydrogels that are tough and stretchable without any special structures or complicated processes. Tough and stretchable hydrogels are prepared by tuning the polymerization conditions to form networks with many polymer chain entanglements to achieve energy dissipation. The strategy allows us to overcome the limitation of low mechanical performance, which leads to the wide practical use of hydrogels.
- Chisa Norioka
- Yuino Inamoto
- Takashi Miyata
