Kirigami hydrogels rise from cellulose film
Laser-patterned thin films that swell into kirigami-like structures offer new opportunities in hydrogel technology. TSUKUBA, Japan, Apr 12, 2024 - (ACN Newswire) - New options for making finely structured soft, flexible and expandable materials called hydrogels have been developed by researchers at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT). Their work extends the emerging field of ‘kirigami hydrogels’, in which patterns are cut into a thin film allowing it to later swell into complex hydrogel structures. The research is published in the journal Science and Technology of Advanced Ma...