Natural Rubber Latex-Reinforced Polyacrylamide Hydrogels With Enhanced Mechanical Performance.
Polyacrylamide (PAM) hydrogels are attractive soft materials owing to their high-water content and tunable network structure. However, their limited strength and toughness restrict practical use. Here, prevulcanized natural rubber (NR) latex was incorporated into an acrylamide precursor before polymerization to prepare...