A Robust, One-Pot Synthesis of Highly Mechanical and Recoverable Double Network Hydrogels Using Thermoreversible Sol-Gel Polysaccharide

A new type of physically linked double‐network hydrogel is synthesized by a simple, time‐saving, facile, easily controlled, one‐pot method. The resulting agar/polyacrylamide double‐network hydrogels exhibit good mechanical properties, excellent recoverability, and a unique free‐shapeable property, w...

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Published in:Advanced materials (Weinheim) 2013-08, Vol.25 (30), p.4171-4176
Main Authors: Chen, Qiang, Zhu, Lin, Zhao, Chao, Wang, Qiuming, Zheng, Jie
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biocompatible Materials - chemical synthesis
Compressive Strength
double network hydrogels
Elastic Modulus
Hardness
Hot Temperature
Hydrogels
Hydrogels - chemical synthesis
Materials Testing
Mechanical properties
Networks
one-pot synthesis
Polyacrylamides
Polysaccharides
Polysaccharides - chemical synthesis
recoverable
Soft tissues
Sol gel process
sol-gel
Synthesis
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Summary:A new type of physically linked double‐network hydrogel is synthesized by a simple, time‐saving, facile, easily controlled, one‐pot method. The resulting agar/polyacrylamide double‐network hydrogels exhibit good mechanical properties, excellent recoverability, and a unique free‐shapeable property, which makes them very promising hydrogels for load‐bearing soft tissues.
ISSN:0935-9648
1521-4095
DOI:10.1002/adma.201300817