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MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 39, Issue 20, Pages -Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/marc.201800138
Keywords
DN hydrogel; multiple hydrogen bonding; self-healing; shape memory
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51525301, 51521062]
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A versatile double-network (DN) hydrogel with two noncovalent crosslinked networks is synthesized by multiple hydrogen bonding (H-bonding) interactions. The DN hydrogels are synthesized via a heating-cooling photopolymerization process by adding all reactants of agar, N-acryloyl glycinamide (NAGA) and N-benzylacrylamide (NBAA) monomers, UV initiators to a single water pot. Poly(N-acryloyl glycinamide-co-N-benzyl acrylamide) (P(NAGA-co-NBAA)) with a triple amide in one side group is synthesized via UV-light polymerization between NAGA and NBAA, forming a strong intermolecular H-bonding network. Meanwhile, the intramolecular H-bonding network is formed between P(NAGA-co-NBAA) and agars. The sol-gel phase transition of agars at 86 degrees C generates the molecular entanglement network. Such a double network enables the hydrogel high self-healing efficiency (about 95%), good shape memory ability, and high mechanical strength (1.1 MPa). Additionally, the DN hydrogel is completely crosslinked by multiple hydrogen bonds (H-bonds) and the physical crosslinking of agar without extra potential toxic chemical crosslinker. The DN hydrogels find extensive applications in the biomedical materials due to their excellent biocompatibility.
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