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Mechanical and Thermal Properties Enhancement and Swelling Behavior of Bacterial Cellulose/Collagen/Polyvinyl Alcohol Nanofiber Hydrogel Film

Journal

FIBERS AND POLYMERS
Volume 23, Issue 2, Pages 305-314

Publisher

KOREAN FIBER SOC
DOI: 10.1007/s12221-021-2344-4

Keywords

Bacterial cellulose; Hydrogel film; Polyvinyl alcohol; Swelling behavior; Schott's second-order swelling model

Funding

  1. Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province, China [LQ18E030006]
  2. Key Laboratory of Yarn Materials Forming and Composite Processing Technology, Zhejiang Province [MTC-2020-23]
  3. National Natural Science Foundation of China [21704034]
  4. Institute for Frontier Materials of Deakin University, Australia

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A composite hydrogel film of bacterial cellulose/collagen/polyvinyl alcohol was prepared by soaking method, and it showed significant improvements in tensile strength and elongation at break. After crosslinking treatment, the mechanical properties and thermal stability of the composite film were further enhanced.
Composite hydrogel films of bacterial cellulose/collagen/polyvinyl alcohol were prepared by soaking method using bacterial cellulose hydrogel (BC) was as the base material, collagen (COL) and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) were introduced as the reinforcement material to further improve the tensile strength especially elongation at break. Morphology, mechanical property, and thermal stability of composite hydrogel films were also investigated. The swelling behavior was studied using Schott's second-order swelling model in detail. Research results show that BC/PVA/COL composite showed 181.9 % improvement in elongation at break to that of BC. It further improved the tensile strength of the obtained BC/PVA/COL composite film by 12.9% after crosslinking treatment. Importantly, further investigation demonstrated that the structural stability and thermal stability of the composite hydrogel films were remarkably enhanced. Swelling behavior of BC and the composite nanofiber hydrogel films in DI water followed the Schott's second-order swelling model, the swelling of composites significantly reduced after crosslinking treatment.

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