Their proposed solution: artificial “skin” made of 3D-printed hydrogel layers held together by living human cells. Though still in the early stages of development, the researchers believe this ...

Furthermore, a one-millimetre-thick hydrogel contains 10,000 layers of nanosheets, which makes the material as stiff as human skin, and gives it a comparable degree of stretch and flexibility.

Now, researchers from Aalto University and the University of Bayreuth have developed a hydrogel that overcomes this ...

Furthermore, a one-millimeter-thick hydrogel contains 10,000 layers of nanosheets, which makes the material as stiff as human skin, and gives it a comparable degree of stretch and flexibility.

Until now, artificial gels have either managed to replicate this high stiffness or natural skin’s self-healing properties, but not both. Now, a team of researchers from Aalto University and the ...

In an exciting scientific discovery, researchers from Aalto University and the University of Bayreuth have developed a revolutionary self-healing hydrogel that mimics the qualities of human skin.

Usually, it is fully restored after a day. Additionally, 10,000 layers of nanosheets form a hydrogel that is 1 mm thick, giving it similar stretch and flexibility to human skin while maintaining the ...

Near-infrared light produces a photothermal effect on gold nanorods in a hydrogel skin patch. This heats the skin thereby increasing the permeability of the outermost layer, the stratum corneum ...