Journal
ADVANCED MATERIALS
Volume 33, Issue 16, Pages -Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/adma.202008395
Keywords
antifouling; hydrogen‐ bonding; postoperative adhesion; self‐ fused; supramolecular polymer hydrogels
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51733006, 52073203, 81773686]
- National Key Research and Development Program of China [2018YFA0703100]
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The introduction of a methylene spacer in the side chain of NAGA to generate a variant monomer, NAAA, results in an unprecedented ultrasoft and highly swollen supramolecular polymer hydrogel, with self-fused capability and excellent antifouling properties achieved by tuning the hydrogen bonding interactions.
The intermolecular H-bonding density heavily influences the gelation and rheological behavior of hydrogen-bonded supramolecular polymer hydrogels, thus offering a delicate pathway to tailor their physicochemical properties for meeting a specific biomedical application. Herein, one methylene spacer between two amides in the side chain of N-acryloyl glycinamide (NAGA) is introduced to generate a variant monomer, N-acryloyl alaninamide (NAAA). Polymerization of NAAA in aqueous solution affords an unprecedented ultrasoft and highly swollen supramolecular polymer hydrogel due to weakened H-bonds caused by an extra methylene spacer, which is verified by variable-temperature Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy and simulation calculation. Intriguingly, poly(N-acryloyl alaninamide) (PNAAA) hydrogel can be tuned to form a transient network with a self-fused and excellent antifouling capability that results from the weakened dual amide H-bonding interactions and enhanced water-amide H-bonding interactions. This self-fused PNAAA hydrogel can completely inhibit postoperative abdominal adhesion and recurrent adhesion after adhesiolysis in vivo. This transient hydrogel network allows for its disintegration and excretion from the body. The molecular mechanism studies reveal the signal pathway of PNAAA hydrogel in inhibiting inflammatory response and regulating fibrinolytic system balance. This self-fused, antifouling ultrasoft supramolecular hydrogel is promising as a barrier biomaterial for completely preventing postoperative tissue adhesion.
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