scholarly journals Connecting the stimuli-responsive rheology of biopolymer hydrogels to underlying hydrogen-bonding interactions

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giulia Giubertoni ◽  
Federica Burla ◽  
Huib J. Bakker ◽  
Gijsje H. Koenderink
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Bonding ◽  
Stress Relaxation ◽  
Hydrogen Bonds ◽  
Temperature Response ◽  
Short Time Scale ◽  
Stimuli Responsive ◽  
Flow Activation Energy ◽  
Bond Density ◽  
2Dir Spectroscopy ◽  
Short Time

AbstractMany biopolymer hydrogels are environmentally responsive because they are held together by physical associations that depend on pH and temperature. Here we investigate how the pH and temperature response of the rheology of hyaluronan hydrogels is connected to the underlying molecular interactions. Hyaluronan is an essential structural biopolymer in the human body with many applications in biomedicine. Using two-dimensional infrared (2DIR) spectroscopy, we show that hyaluronan chains become connected by hydrogen bonds when the pH is changed from 7.0 to 2.5, and that the bond density at pH 2.5 is independent of temperature. Temperature-dependent rheology measurements show that due to this hydrogen bonding the stress relaxation at pH 2.5 is strongly slowed down in comparison to pH 7.0, consistent with the sticky reptation model of associative polymers. From the flow activation energy we conclude that each polymer is crosslinked by multiple (5-15) hydrogen bonds to others, causing slow macroscopic stress relaxation, despite the short time scale of breaking and reformation of each individual hydrogen bond. Our findings can aid the design of stimuli-responsive hydrogels with tailored viscoelastic properties for biomedical applications.

scholarly journals Recent developments: self-healing polymers based on quadruple hydrogen bonds

2021 ◽  
Vol 290 ◽  
pp. 01037
Author(s):  
Guangpu Zhang ◽  
Zhe Sun ◽  
Miaomiao Li
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Bonding ◽  
Hydrogen Bonds ◽  
Supramolecular Polymer ◽  
Self Healing ◽  
Wearable Electronics ◽  
Stimuli Responsive ◽  
High Thermodynamic Stability ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Quadruple Hydrogen Bonding ◽  
Quadruple Hydrogen Bond

The microcrack of materials was inevitable in the process of transportation, storage and utilization, which may cause functional failure and resources waste. Inspired by nature, self-healing polymers have attracted significant attention owing to widespread applications in wearable electronics, cartilage replacement, coatings and elastomer. Compared with extrinsic healing, intrinsically healable polymers offer multiple self-healing by supramolecular reversible interactions, such as host-guest interactions, π-π stacking, ionic interactions and hydrogen-bonding. Self-healing polymers based on quadruple hydrogen bonds have been extensively investigated due to its high thermodynamic stability and rapid kinetic reversibility, and have been well developed for the past two decades. In this paper, the strategies and designs of self-repairing polymers based on quadruple hydrogen bond were classified and summarized, including main-chain self-healing polymers, side-chain self-healing polymers and supramolecular self-healing polymers. It is expected that quadruple hydrogen bonding can be construct more robust, highly tough, multi-stimuli-responsive, and fast self-healing supramolecular polymer, and is potential to be applied to numerous civilian and military fields in the future.

Periodic Variations in the Coronal Green Line Intensity and their Connection with the White-light Coronal Structures

2000 ◽  
Vol 179 ◽  
pp. 197-200
Author(s):  
Milan Minarovjech ◽  
Milan Rybanský ◽  
Vojtech Rušin
Keyword(s):  
Time Resolution ◽  
White Light ◽  
Short Time Scale ◽  
High Time Resolution ◽  
Green Line ◽  
Periodic Intensity ◽  
Coronal Green Line ◽  
Significant Intensity ◽  
Short Time ◽  
Coronal Structures

AbstractWe present an analysis of short time-scale intensity variations in the coronal green line as obtained with high time resolution observations. The observed data can be divided into two groups. The first one shows periodic intensity variations with a period of 5 min. the second one does not show any significant intensity variations. We studied the relation between regions of coronal intensity oscillations and the shape of white-light coronal structures. We found that the coronal green-line oscillations occur mainly in regions where open white-light coronal structures are located.

Nondiffusive Brownian Motion Studied by Diffusing-Wave Spectroscopy

1989 ◽  
Vol 177 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. J. Pine ◽  
D. A. Weitz ◽  
D. J. Durian ◽  
P. N. Pusey ◽  
R. J. A. Tough
Keyword(s):  
Autocorrelation Function ◽  
Colloidal Particles ◽  
Scattered Light ◽  
Short Time Scale ◽  
Velocity Autocorrelation Function ◽  
Velocity Autocorrelation ◽  
Power Law Decay ◽  
Brownian Particles ◽  
Short Time ◽  
Surrounding Fluid

ABSTRACTOn a short time scale, Brownian particles undergo a transition from initially ballistic trajectories to diffusive motion. Hydrodynamic interactions with the surrounding fluid lead to a complex time dependence of this transition. We directly probe this transition for colloidal particles by measuring the autocorrelation function of multiply scattered light and observe the effects of the slow power-law decay of the velocity autocorrelation function.

scholarly journals Hydrogen Bonds: Raman Spectroscopic Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (10) ◽  
pp. 5380
Author(s):  
Boris A. Kolesov
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Bonding ◽  
Hydrogen Bonds ◽  
Spectroscopic Study ◽  
Raman Spectra ◽  
Temperature Region ◽  
Vibrational Frequency ◽  
Chemical Compounds ◽  
Raman Spectroscopic ◽  
Raman Spectroscopic Study ◽  
Proton Dynamics

The work outlines general ideas on how the frequency and the intensity of proton vibrations of X–H×××Y hydrogen bonding are formed as the bond evolves from weak to maximally strong bonding. For this purpose, the Raman spectra of different chemical compounds with moderate, strong, and extremely strong hydrogen bonds were obtained in the temperature region of 5 K–300 K. The dependence of the proton vibrational frequency is schematically presented as a function of the rigidity of O-H×××O bonding. The problems of proton dynamics on tautomeric O–H···O bonds are considered. A brief description of the N–H···O and C–H···Y hydrogen bonds is given.

Selective Hydrogen Bonding Controls Temperature Response of Layer-by-Layer Upper Critical Solution Temperature Micellar Assemblies

Soft Matter ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aliaksei Aliakseyeu ◽  
Victoria Albright ◽  
Danielle Yarbrough ◽  
Samantha Hernandez ◽  
Qing Zhou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Bonding ◽  
Methacrylic Acid ◽  
Temperature Response ◽  
Solution Temperature ◽  
Layer By Layer ◽  
Critical Solution Temperature ◽  
Hydrogen Bonding Interactions ◽  
Upper Critical Solution Temperature ◽  
Lbl Films

This work establishes a correlation between the selectivity of hydrogen-bonding interactions and the functionality of micelle-containing layer-by-layer (LbL) assemblies. Specifically, we explore LbL films formed by assembly of poly(methacrylic acid)...

scholarly journals On the Short Time Scale Evolutionary History of the Contact Binary VW Cephei

1998 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 396-396
Author(s):  
I. Pustylnik
Keyword(s):  
Evolutionary History ◽  
Light Curves ◽  
Published Data ◽  
Short Time Scale ◽  
Flare Activity ◽  
Considerable Portion ◽  
History Of ◽  
Contact Binary ◽  
Elongation Phase ◽  
Short Time

We study the short-time evolutionary history of the well-known contact binary VW Cep. Our analysis is based partly on the numerous UBV lightcurves obtained at Tartu Observatory, IUE spectra, and samples from the published data. Special attention is given to the effects of asymmetry of the light curves. A higher degree of asymmetry outside the eclipses along with the significant displacements of the brightness maxima in respect to the elongation phase is interpreted as evidence that a considerable portion of the flaring source is concentrated close to the neck connecting the components. We discuss the nature of asymmetry in terms of possible mass exchange and the flare activity and compare the results of our model computations with the record of orbital period variations over the last 60 years.

An Alternative Test Using Algal Cultures for Testing Chemicals for Toxicity

1993 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 196-201
Author(s):  
Søren Achim Nielsen ◽  
Thomas Hougaard
Keyword(s):  
Size Distribution ◽  
Mitotic Activity ◽  
Time Scale ◽  
Test System ◽  
Short Time Scale ◽  
Toxic Substances ◽  
Alternative Test ◽  
Short Time ◽  
Algal Cultures ◽  
Test Cultures

An alternative test is presented, in which algal cultures are used for testing toxic substances. This test system is based on variations in the size distribution of cells in test cultures as a measurement of growth. Thus, inhibition of mitotic activity is used as a measurement for toxic effects. The test can be performed on a short time-scale and is very sensitive to even weak toxic doses.

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