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CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS
Volume 218, Issue -, Pages 68-77Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2019.04.080
Keywords
Dialdehyde cellulose nanocrystals; Hydrogel; Acylhydrazone; Self-healing ability; Biocompatibility
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31570569]
- National Key R&D Program of China [2017YFD0601003]
- Science and Technology Program of Guangzhou [201704020038]
- foundation of State Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Engineering [2017QN01, 2018PY01]
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Facile strategy to construct a cellulose nanocomposite hydrogel with self-healing and biocompatible properties is reported by crosslinking dialdehyde cellulose nanocrystals with acylhydrazine-terminated polyethylene glycol via dynamic reversible acylhydrazone for the first time. The effects of process variables on gelation time, mechanical strength and self-healing efficiency of hydrogels were investigated. It was found that gelation time shortened from hours to seconds by adjusting gelator and catalyst concentration. Tensile and compressive strength of hydrogel could reach 141 K Pa and 580 K Pa at 20.1% gelator concentration, respectively. Interestingly, the as-prepared hydrogel presented excellent self-healing ability without additional stimuli whose healing efficiency was higher than 90% even at higher gelator concentration. Furthermore, Cytotoxicity test showed that cell viability almost reached 100% after culturing with hydrogel, which revealed the hydrogel was biocompatible.
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