JOURNAL ARTICLE

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

Hao MengPeng XiaoJincui GuXiufang WenJie XuChuanzhuang ZhaoJiawei ZhangTao Chen

Year: 2014 Journal:   Chemical Communications Vol: 50 (82)Pages: 12277-12280   Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry

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.

Keywords:
Self-healing hydrogels Vinyl alcohol Supramolecular chemistry Phenylboronic acid Sodium alginate Materials science Shape-memory alloy Self-healing Nanotechnology Construct (python library) Chemical engineering Sodium Polymer chemistry Computer science Chemistry Molecule Composite material Polymer Organic chemistry Engineering

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Topics

Polymer composites and self-healing
Physical Sciences →  Materials Science →  Polymers and Plastics
Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications
Life Sciences →  Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology →  Molecular Medicine
Advanced Materials and Mechanics
Physical Sciences →  Engineering →  Mechanical Engineering
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