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. 2020 Sep 9;11:4502. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-18308-9

Fig. 2. Swelling-strengthening behavior of swelling-strengthening hydrogels (SSHs) in vitro.

Fig. 2

a Compressive modulus and b variation of compressive modulus versus swelling ratio. c Compressive stress and d variation of compressive stress at 90% strain versus swelling ratio. The strain rate was 5 mm/min, and the dimension of the cylindrical samples was 5 × 3 mm. All error bars represent the mean ± SD (n = 3 independent experiments). Significance was assessed using one-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons test, giving P values, ***P < 0.001, ****P < 0.0001.