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Highly Extensible Double‐Network Gels with Self‐Assembling Anisotropic Structure
Author(s) -
Yang Wei,
Furukawa Hidemitsu,
Gong Jian Ping
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.200801396
Subject(s) - materials science , extensibility , self healing hydrogels , anisotropy , polyelectrolyte , elongation , diffusion , self assembly , nanotechnology , chemical engineering , polymer , polymer chemistry , composite material , optics , computer science , ultimate tensile strength , thermodynamics , physics , operating system , engineering
Novel hydrogels that possess highly ordered anisotropic structures have been synthesized by controlling the diffusion direction of multivalent ions that act as cross‐linkers into a semi‐rigid polyelectrolyte solution. A double network (DN) technique is then used to form highly ordered DN gels with excellent mechanical properties, e.g., an extensibility of over 2200% the original length under uniaxial elongation.
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