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Hydrogels: A Novel Design of Multi‐Mechanoresponsive and Mechanically Strong Hydrogels (Adv. Mater. 21/2017)
Author(s) -
Chen Hong,
Yang Fengyu,
Chen Qiang,
Zheng Jie
Publication year - 2017
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.201770143
Subject(s) - self healing hydrogels , materials science , spiropyran , acrylamide , copolymer , acrylate , polymer , chemical engineering , polymer chemistry , composite material , engineering
In article number 1606900 , Qiang Chen, Jie Zheng, and co‐workers develop a new micellar‐copolymerization approach to incorporate highly hydrophobic spiropyran (SP) into a highly hydrated polymer network, resulting in SP‐crosslinked poly(acrylamide‐ co ‐methyl acrylate) hydrogels that exhibit SP‐induced, reversible, multi‐mechanoresponsive properties in color changes and mechanical properties. This new gel system is of great interest for the design of mechanophore‐based hydrogels for sensing, imaging, and display applications.