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Self-healable macro-/microscopic shape memory hydrogels based on supramolecular interactions

Year: 2014

Type: article

Abstract: A simple strategy is provided to construct novel supramolecular hydrogels with both self-healing and shape memory properties. Starting from achieving self-healable hydrogel based on the dynamic interactions of phenylboronic acid modified sodium alginate (Alg-PBA) and poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA), further formation of a complex of alginate with Ca(2+) renders this hydrogel with the capability of shape memory at the macro-/microscopic scales.

Source: Chemical Communications

DOI: 10.1039/c4cc04760e

Authors: Hao Meng, Peng Xiao, Jincui Gu, Xiufang Wen, Jie Xu, Chuanzhuang Zhao, Jiawei Zhang, Tao Chen

Institutions: Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo Institute of Industrial Technology, South China University of Technology, Ningbo University

Language: English

Topic: Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications

Subfield: Biomaterials

Field: Materials Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2038035012

FWCI: 6.623

Cites: 34

Cited by: 200

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