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MACROMOLECULES
卷 44, 期 14, 页码 5776-5787出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/ma200693e
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- National Institutes of Health (NIH) [R01 EY016987-03]
- NIST, U.S. Department of Commerce [70NANB7H6178]
Hydrogels with high modulus and fracture strength are obtained by interpenetrating a tightly cross-linked poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) network with a loosely crosslinked poly(acrylic acid) (PAA) network. Small-angle X-ray and neutron scattering (SAXS/SANS) are used in conjunction with swelling measurements to determine the structure of PEG/PAA interpenetrating polymer networks (IPNs) and to measure the average PEG chain extension within the IPN. At pH 7.4, the PEG chains within the IPN are extended to 45-70% of their maximum achievable length as a result of expansion of the ionized PAA network within the IPN. Near these high extension ratios, the force required to further strain the PEG chains is increased due to the entropic effects of finite chain extensibility. This leads to PEG/PAA IPN hydrogels with a 3-fold increase in both compressive modulus and fracture strength compared to PEG single networks with the same polymer volume fraction. The structure, mechanical properties, and mechanisms of strength enhancement for PEG/PAA IPN hydrogels are notably different than for the high toughness double-network hydrogels previously described by Gong et al.
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