Hydrogel Muscle (IMAGE)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Hydrogel Muscle

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A mechanically-trained artificial muscle resists damage (crack) propagation using aligned nanofibrils, a similar fatigue-resistant mechanism as in skeleton muscles.

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Image: Ji Liu, Shaoting Lin, and Xinyue Liu

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