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Gels and threads: mussel-inspired one-pot route to advanced responsive materials

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CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 50, Issue 87, Pages 13278-13281

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ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c4cc05293e

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  1. Human Frontiers Science Program (HFSP)
  2. Carlsberg Foundation
  3. Lundbeck Foundation
  4. Danish Council for Independent Research\Technology and Production Sciences
  5. EliteForsk
  6. Lundbeck Foundation [R69-2011-8180] Funding Source: researchfish

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An inexpensive one-pot route to self-healing hydrogels with pH-tunable modulus is presented. Hydrogels were formed by reacting tannic acid, trivalent metal ions and polyallylamine. Below pH 8 the hydrogels were supramolecular while above, covalent cross-linking strengthened the hydrogels. From concentrated mixtures, threads were spun, acting as water sensitive mechanical locks.

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