Bioinspired nondissipative mechanical energy storage and release in hydrogels via hierarchical sequentially swollen stretched chains

Abstract Nature suggests concepts for materials with efficient mechanical energy storage and release, i.e., resilience, involving small energy dissipation upon mechanical loading and unloading, such as in resilin and elastin. These materials facilitate burst-like movements involving high stiffness a...

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Main Authors: Henri Savolainen, Negar Hosseiniyan, Mario Piedrahita-Bello, Olli Ikkala
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-59743-w
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