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SOFT MATTER
卷 16, 期 37, 页码 8602-8611出版社
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/d0sm01376e
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- NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
- GAANN Fellowship in Molecular Biotechnology
Nanomaterials are regularly added to crosslinkable polymers to enhance mechanical properties; however, important effects related to gelation behavior and crosslinking kinetics are often overlooked. In this study, we combine cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) with a photoactive poly(vinyl alcohol) derivative, PVA-SbQ, to form photocrosslinked nanocomposite hydrogels. We investigate the rheology of PVA-SbQ with and without CNCs to decipher the role of each component in final property development and identify a critical CNC concentration (1.5 wt%) above which several changes in rheological behavior are observed. Neat PVA-SbQ solutions exhibit Newtonian flow behavior across all concentrations, while CNC dispersions are shear-thinning <6 wt% and gel at high concentrations. Combining semi-dilute entangled PVA-SbQ (6 wt%) with >1.5 wt% CNCs forms a percolated microstructure.In situphotocrosslinking experiments reveal how CNCs affect both the gelation kinetics and storage modulus (G ') of the resulting hydrogels. The modulus crossover time increases after addition of up to 1.5 wt% CNCs, while no modulus crossover is observed >1.5 wt% CNCs. A sharp increase inG ' is observed >1.5 wt% CNCs for fully-crosslinked networks due to favorable PVA-SbQ/CNC interactions. A percolation model is fitted to theG ' data to confirm that mechanical percolation is maintained after photocrosslinking. A similar to 120% increase inG ' for 2.5 wt% CNCs (relative to neat PVA-SbQ) confirms that CNCs provide a reinforcing effect through the percolated microstructure formed from PVA-SbQ/CNC interactions. The results are testament to the ability of CNCs to significantly alter the storage moduli of crosslinked polymer gels at low loading fractions through percolation-induced reinforcement.
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