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. 2019 Aug 29;11(9):1420. doi: 10.3390/polym11091420

Figure 2.

Figure 2

A double-network hydrogel consists of two polymer networks: a short-chain network that can swell nearly to the breaking point, and a long-chain network that is highly stretchable. When the hydrogel is stretched, the short-chain network ruptures, but the long-chain network remains elastic [18].