Extremely strong hydrogel fabric

A hydrogel–fabric composite that can support a load almost 3 times greater than the fabric alone has been made by scientists in Japan and the US.

Read more here:
http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2015/09/shrinking-hydrogel-reinforces-fabric-soft-yet-strong-material

Taken from the following paper: D R King et al, Mater. Horiz., 2015/ DOI: 10.1039/c5mh00127g (http://xlink.rsc.org/?doi=10.1039/c5mh00127g)