期刊
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
卷 12, 期 39, 页码 44205-44214出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c13654
关键词
hydrogels; mechanical properties; metal ion complexation; shape deformations; soft actuators
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21875023]
- Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team (PCSIRT) in University
Shape deformable hydrogels have drawn great attention due to their wide applications as soft actuators. Here we report a novel kind of mechanically strong, tough, and shape deformable poly(acrylamide-co-vinylimidazole) [poly(AAm-co-VI)] hydrogel prepared by photoinitiated copolymerization and the followed immersing in a Cu2+ aqueous solution. Strong Cu2+ complexation with imidazole groups dramatically enhances the mechanical properties of the hydrogels, whose tensile strength, elastic modulus, toughness, and fracture energy reach up to 7.7 +/- 0.76 MPa, 15.4 +/- 1.2 MPa, 23.2 +/- 2.5 MJ m(-3), and 22.1 +/- 2.3 kJ m(-2), respectively. More impressively, shape deformation (bending) can be easily achieved by coating Cu2+ solution on one side of hydrogel strips. Furthermore, precise control of the shape deformation from 1D to 2D and 2D to 3D can be achieved by adjusting Cu2+ concentration, coating time, region, and one or two side(s) of hydrogel samples. The Cu2+ complexation provides a simple way to simultaneously improve the mechanical properties of hydrogels and enable them with shape deformability. The mechanically strong, tough, and shape deformable hydrogels might be a promising candidate for soft actuators.
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