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A Universal Soaking Strategy to Convert Composite Hydrogels into Extremely Tough and Rapidly Recoverable Double‐Network Hydrogels
Author(s) -
Yang Yanyu,
Wang Xing,
Yang Fei,
Shen Hong,
Wu Decheng
Publication year - 2016
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.201601742
Subject(s) - self healing hydrogels , materials science , chitosan , drug delivery , nanotechnology , microcrystalline , composite number , polymer science , computer science , composite material , chemical engineering , polymer chemistry , engineering , chemistry , crystallography
Soak n' Boost: A universal strategy to manufacture hybrid double‐network hydrogels with eminent mechanical properties is developed by postformation of the chitosan microcrystalline and chain‐entanglement physical networks via simple treatment of the chitosan composite hydrogels using alkaline and saline solutions. The strategy may open an avenue to fabricate multifarious double‐network hydrogels for promising applications in antifouling materials, drug delivery, and tissue engineering.