Hydrogels: Multifunctional "Hydrogel Skins" on Diverse Polymers with Arbitrary Shapes (Adv. Mater. 7/2019). Issue 7 (12th February 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Yu, Yan; Yuk, Hyunwoo; Parada, German A.; Wu, You; Liu, Xinyue; Nabzdyk, Christoph S.; Youcef‐Toumi, Kamal; Zang, Jianfeng; Zhao, Xuanhe
• Is Part Of: Advanced materials. Volume 31:Issue 7(2019)
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• Publication Date: 2019-02-12
• Subjects: antifouling -- biomedical devices -- coatings -- hydrogels -- low friction -- polymer devices; Materials -- Periodicals; Chemical vapor deposition -- Periodicals; 620.11
• DOI: 10.1002/adma.201970044
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0935-9648

Abstract

Abstract : In article number1807101, Xuanhe Zhao and co‐workers report multifunctional hydrogel skins by interpenetrating hydrophilic polymers into the surfaces of diverse polymers with arbitrary shapes to provide soft, low‐friction, hydrophilic, antifouling, and ionically conductive surfaces. This new strategy not only addresses challenges for existing methods but also enables unprecedented applications including hydrogel‐coated complex medical devices and soft robots on large scales.