A Universal Soaking Strategy to Convert Composite Hydrogels into Extremely Tough and Rapidly Recoverable
Yanyu Yang1, Xing Wang1, Fei Yang1
1Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China.
Advanced Materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
|June 15, 2016
Abstract:
Soak n' Boost: A universal strategy to manufacture hybrid double-network hydrogels with eminent mechanical properties is developed by postformation of the chitosan microcrystalline and chain-entanglement physical networks via simple treatment of the chitosan composite hydrogels using alkaline and saline solutions. The strategy may open an avenue to fabricate multifarious double-network hydrogels for promising applications in antifouling materials, drug delivery, and tissue engineering.
