Hydrogel Membranes: Tough and Self‐Recoverable Thin Hydrogel Membranes for Biological Applications (Adv. Funct. Mater. 31/2018)

In article number 1801489, triblock copolymers are utilized in a non-covalent double network strategy by Tasuku Nakajima, Jian Ping Gong, and co-workers to yield 5–100 μm thin hydrogel membranes with ≈75% water content. Those semi-permeable gel membranes are tough, fully self-recoverable, and exhibit excellent biocompatibility and postoperative anti-adhesive properties. This foreshadows their potential use as substitutes for biological membranes or postoperative antiadhesive membranes.