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MACROMOLECULES
卷 56, 期 19, 页码 7795-7807出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.3c00780
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This study investigates the shear thickening behavior of PEG hydrogels through the manipulation of cross-linking bond exchange kinetics and dilute polymer concentrations. The properties of the hydrogels affect the onset and degree of shear thickening under continuous shear flow rheometry. The study also explores the injectability of the hydrogels and finds that injection forces increase with higher polymer concentrations and slower bond exchange kinetics.
Injectable poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG)-based hydrogels were reversibly cross-linked through thia-conjugate addition bonds and demonstrated to shear thicken at low shear rates. Cross-linking bond exchange kinetics and dilute polymer concentrations were leveraged to tune hydrogel plateau moduli (from 60 to 650 Pa) and relaxation times (from 2 to 8 s). Under continuous flow shear rheometry, these properties affected the onset of shear thickening and the degree of shear thickening achieved before a flow instability occurred. The changes in viscosity were reversible whether the shear rate increased or decreased, suggesting that chain stretching drives this behavior. Given the relevance of dynamic PEG hydrogels under shear to biomedical applications, their injectability was investigated. Injection forces were found to increase with higher polymer concentrations and slower bond exchange kinetics. Altogether, these results characterize the nonlinear rheology of dilute, dynamic covalent tetra-PEG hydrogels and offer insight into the mechanism driving their shear thickening behavior.
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