JOURNAL ARTICLE

A Mechanically Strong, Highly Stable, Thermoplastic, and Self‐Healable Supramolecular Polymer Hydrogel

Abstract

Polymerization of glycinamide-conjugated monomer alone in concentrated aqueous solution enables facile formation of a mechanically strong and a highly stable supramolecular polymer (SP) hydrogel because of the cooperatively hydrogen-bonded crosslinking and strengthening effect from dual amide motifs. This SP hydrogel exhibits thermoplastic processability, injectability, and self-reparability because of the dynamic destruction and reconstruction of hydrogen bonds in response to temperature change.

Keywords:
Materials science Thermoplastic Monomer Supramolecular chemistry Polymerization Polymer Amide Supramolecular polymers Polymer science Hydrogen bond Conjugated system Aqueous solution Nanotechnology Chemical engineering Polymer chemistry Composite material Molecule Organic chemistry Chemistry

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Topics

Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials
Physical Sciences →  Materials Science →  Biomaterials
Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications
Life Sciences →  Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology →  Molecular Medicine
Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization
Physical Sciences →  Chemistry →  Organic Chemistry
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