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  • Few synthetic hydrogels are known to display strain-stiffening behaviour. Here, Jaspers et al.show how concentration, polymer length and temperature can be used to modify the mechanical properties of synthetic gels to access mechanically highly sensitive and responsive materials.

    • Maarten Jaspers
    • Matthew Dennison
    • Paul H. J. Kouwer
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 5, P: 1-8

  • In fibre networks, mechanical stability relies on the fibres’ bending resistance—in contrast to rubbers, where entropic stretching is the key. The extent to which the mechanics of fibre networks is controlled by bending is, however, an open question. The study of a general lattice-based model of fibrous networks now reveals two rigidity critical points, one of which controls a rich crossover from stretching-dominated to bending-dominated behaviour.

    • Chase P. Broedersz
    • Xiaoming Mao
    • Frederick C. MacKintosh
    Research
    Nature Physics
    Volume: 7, P: 983-988