Highly stretchable, self-healing, and 3D printing prefabricatable hydrophobic association hydrogels with the assistance of electrostatic interaction

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (29) ◽  
pp. 4741-4748
Author(s):  
Heng Chen ◽  
Beibei Hao ◽  
Penghui Ge ◽  
Shaojun Chen

Self-healing and 3D printing prefabricatable physically crosslinked hydrogels were prepared by copolymerization of butyl acrylate, 2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate, and methacrylic acid, followed by soaking in water.

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (sup1) ◽  
pp. 520-531
Author(s):  
Binbin Guo ◽  
Xinzhu Ji ◽  
Xiaoteng Chen ◽  
Gang Li ◽  
Yongguang Lu ◽  
...  

RSC Advances ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (20) ◽  
pp. 12063-12073 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yulin Zhang ◽  
Chengxin Hu ◽  
Xu Xiang ◽  
Yongfu Diao ◽  
Binwei Li ◽  
...  

In this work, we describe a novel method for the production of tough and highly stretchable hydrogels with self-healing behavior, tensile strength of 150–300 kPa and stretch at break of 2400–2800%.


2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 7381-7388 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao Kuang ◽  
Kaijuan Chen ◽  
Conner K. Dunn ◽  
Jiangtao Wu ◽  
Vincent C. F. Li ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuyan Wang ◽  
Xin Huang ◽  
Xinxing Zhang

AbstractSelf-healing materials integrated with excellent mechanical strength and simultaneously high healing efficiency would be of great use in many fields, however their fabrication has been proven extremely challenging. Here, inspired by biological cartilage, we present an ultrarobust self-healing material by incorporating high density noncovalent bonds at the interfaces between the dentritic tannic acid-modified tungsten disulfide nanosheets and polyurethane matrix to collectively produce a strong interfacial interaction. The resultant nanocomposite material with interwoven network shows excellent tensile strength (52.3 MPa), high toughness (282.7 MJ m‒3, which is 1.6 times higher than spider silk and 9.4 times higher than metallic aluminum), high stretchability (1020.8%) and excellent healing efficiency (80–100%), which overturns the previous understanding of traditional noncovalent bonding self-healing materials where high mechanical robustness and healing ability are mutually exclusive. Moreover, the interfacical supramolecular crosslinking structure enables the functional-healing ability of the resultant flexible smart actuation devices. This work opens an avenue toward the development of ultrarobust self-healing materials for various flexible functional devices.


2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuzhu Zheng ◽  
Deli Xu ◽  
Shiyou Tian ◽  
Manli Li ◽  
Wenwen Wang ◽  
...  

AbstractIn this work, graft copolymer poly (n-butyl acrylate)-g-polyacrylonitrile with poly (n-butyl acrylate) as backbones and polyacrylonitrile as side chains (PnBA-g-PAN) was synthesized by macromonomer method and emulsion polymerization. The macromonomer was synthesized by atom transfer radical polymerization and end-group modification. The chemical structures and thermal properties of macromonomer and graft copolymer were investigated by FTIR, GPC, NMR and TGA, etc. The mechanical properties of graft copolymer elastomer was also measured by uniaxial tensile test. Rheological properties at different temperature and mechanical property demonstrated that graft copolymer elastomer possessed elasticity until 180 oC because of cyclization of cyano groups. Ag nanowires@PnBA-g-PAN composite elastomer was developed, and the resulted material exhibited autonomic healing property on account of segments’ flexibility and dynamic interaction between Ag nanowires (AgNWs) and cyano groups. This is a general method for generation of elastomer with high temperature elasticity and fast self-healing. The composite elastomer has potential application in flexible electronic conductor.


2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 9043-9052
Author(s):  
Peiyao Qu ◽  
Chi Lv ◽  
Yuhao Qi ◽  
Lu Bai ◽  
Junping Zheng

Polymers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 533 ◽  
Author(s):  
Josué A. Torres-Ávalos ◽  
Leonardo R. Cajero-Zul ◽  
Milton Vázquez-Lepe ◽  
Fernando A. López-Dellamary ◽  
Antonio Martínez-Richa ◽  
...  

Design of a smart drug delivery system is a topic of current interest. Under this perspective, polymer nanocomposites (PNs) of butyl acrylate (BA), methacrylic acid (MAA), and functionalized carbon nanotubes (CNTsf) were synthesized by in situ emulsion polymerization (IEP). Carbon nanotubes were synthesized by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) and purified with steam. Purified CNTs were analyzed by FE-SEM and HR-TEM. CNTsf contain acyl chloride groups attached to their surface. Purified and functionalized CNTs were studied by FT-IR and Raman spectroscopies. The synthesized nanocomposites were studied by XPS, 13C-NMR, and DSC. Anhydride groups link CNTsf to MAA–BA polymeric chains. The potentiality of the prepared nanocomposites, and of their pure polymer matrices to deliver hydrocortisone, was evaluated in vitro by UV–VIS spectroscopy. The relationship between the chemical structure of the synthesized nanocomposites, or their pure polymeric matrices, and their ability to release hydrocortisone was studied by FT-IR spectroscopy. The hydrocortisone release profile of some of the studied nanocomposites is driven by a change in the inter-associated to self-associated hydrogen bonds balance. The CNTsf used to prepare the studied nanocomposites act as hydrocortisone reservoirs.


Author(s):  
Junhuai Xu ◽  
Hui Wang ◽  
Xiaosheng Du ◽  
Xu Cheng ◽  
Zongliang Du ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (36) ◽  
pp. 20737-20747
Author(s):  
Xiaobo Zhu ◽  
Wenru Zheng ◽  
Haichao Zhao ◽  
Liping Wang

Inspired by nacre, a super-tough self-healing material with a reverse nacre structure and interwoven network was prepared, which solved the contradiction between fast self-healing ability and good mechanical strength of traditional PU materials.


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