Ultra-stretchable, self-recovering, self-healing cationic guar gum/poly(stearyl methacrylate-co-acrylic acid) hydrogels.
Carbohydr Polym
; 256: 117563, 2021 Mar 15.
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Hydrogels that exhibit properties such as ultra-elongation, self-recovery, and self-healing have applications in sensors and many other fields. With these properties and applications in mind, we hypothesised that we could develop a strain-sensing hydrogel based on acrylic acid, stearyl methacrylate, cationic guar gum, and hexadecyl trimethyl ammonium bromide, without any covalent crosslinker. The hydrogels are instead held together by physical, non-covalent interactions such as ionic interactions, hydrogen bonding, and the hydrophobic effect, as suggested by spectroscopy and swelling experiments. The hydrogels exhibit many useful properties, such as: excellent stretching-up to 4267%-and almost complete reversion to their original state at a large strain of 500%, even after 20 successive cycles; temperature-dependent self-healing and self-recovery; and strain-sensitive conductivity that is attributable to the directional migration of ions. Because of these outstanding features, such as notch-insensitivity and the ability to withstand knotting under high strain, our hydrogels will be useful as flexible sensors.
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Hidrogeles
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Reactivos de Enlaces Cruzados
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Gomas de Plantas
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Galactanos
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Mananos
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Metacrilatos
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Carbohydr Polym
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2021
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Reino Unido