Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8327035 | International Journal of Biological Macromolecules | 2018 | 29 Pages |
Abstract
The development of hydrogel materials with enhanced mechanical properties is the primary focus in designing autonomous self-healable hydrogel materials. Here, we present a facile and cost-effective method for the autonomous self-healing hydrogel based on Glycogen (Gly/PAA-Fe3+) with enhanced mechanical properties by simple insertion of ferric ions in the physically cross-linked network via metal-ligand interactions. This dual physically cross-linked hydrogel has an excellent elongation at break and self-healing properties due to the dynamic ionic cross-linking point. This work will encourage researchers to focus on this facile technique for the synthesis of self-healing hydrogel materials with enhanced mechanical properties.
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Authors
Imtiaz Hussain, Sayed Mir Sayed, Shunli Liu, Olayinka Oderinde, Fang Yao, Guodong Fu,