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Integrated Functional High‐Strength Hydrogels with Metal‐Coordination Complexes and H‐Bonding Dual Physically Cross‐linked Networks
Author(s) -
Li Xuefeng,
Li Rongzhe,
Liu Zuifang,
Gao Xiang,
Long Shijun,
Zhang Gaowen
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
macromolecular rapid communications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.348
H-Index - 154
eISSN - 1521-3927
pISSN - 1022-1336
DOI - 10.1002/marc.201800400
Subject(s) - self healing hydrogels , hydrogen bond , ionic bonding , materials science , adsorption , ionic strength , polymer , chemical engineering , monomer , polymer chemistry , ultimate tensile strength , molecule , chemistry , composite material , ion , aqueous solution , organic chemistry , engineering
With the deepening of research on high‐strength hydrogels, the multi‐functional study of hydrogels has become a hot spot. In this paper, a dual cross‐linked physical high‐strength hydrogels is prepared by a relatively simple method. 2‐Vinyl‐ 4,6‐Diamino‐2‐vinyl‐1,3,5‐triazine (VDT) induces the formation of the first cross‐linking points through the interaction of hydrogen bonds with poly(acrylamide‐co‐acrylic acid) (PAm‐co‐Ac) chains, then the secondary physical cross‐linkers Fe 3+ that introduce ionic coordinates between Fe 3+ and –COO − groups. Due to the synergistic effect of hydrogen bonding and ionic coordination, hydrogels possess high tensile strength (approx. 4.34 MPa), large elongation (approx. 17.64 times), and good healing properties under alkali solution after cutting into two pieces. Meanwhile, VDT contains diaminotriazine functional groups that easily form hydrogen bonds so that the polymer of hydrogels could absorb 5‐fluorouridine. In addition, the contribution of ionic polymer segments enables pH to be sensitive to hydrogels and facilitates the adsorption of a large number of ionic monomers to form ionic conductive networks, the prepared hydrogel capacitor device has very high sensitivity to pressure and deformation, and can detect the movement behavior of the human body. The dual‐physical cross‐linked hydrogels had a selective adsorption to biological small molecules and could be assembled into a flexible wearable device with high sensitivity.