Reinforced hydrogel building via formation of alginate-chitosan double network with pH & salt-responsiveness and electric conductivity for soft actuators

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Aiming at green and friendly environmental protection, polyvinyl alcohol/sodium alginate/chitosan (PSCS) double network hydrogel was successfully prepared through diffusing the high molecular weight chitosan into PVA/sodium alginate (PS) hydrogel without any other toxic reagents. The polyanion hydrogels could be significantly enhanced by immersing the polyanion hydrogel in high molecular weight chitosan solution without requiring specific structure. The PSCS hydrogel had a compact and rough surface structure with the smaller porosities and larger crystallization degree compared with polyvinyl alcohol/sodium alginate hydrogels and polyvinyl alcohol/sodium alginate/Ca2+ (PSCa) hydrogels. The PSCS hydrogel possessed excellent hydrolysis resistance, the significant pH-sensitive and salt-sensitive swelling. In addition, the flexibility, Young's modulus and mechanical properties of PSCS hydrogel can be adjusted through the changing the content of sodium alginate. Moreover, PS, PSCa and PSCS had electric conductivity, and PSCS showed twice the conductivity compared to PS hydrogel. Based on differences of swelling ratio, a PSCS bilayer hydrogel was designed and showed excellent pH-driven deformation ability. The PSCS hydrogel is expected to expand the application of hydrogels in conditions involving stimulus response, and might serve as a promising intelligent actuators or soft robots.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:263

Enthalten in:

International journal of biological macromolecules - 263(2024), Pt 2 vom: 01. März, Seite 130282

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Xu, Jian [VerfasserIn]
Song, Wei [VerfasserIn]
Ren, Lili [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Nan [VerfasserIn]
Zeng, Rui [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Shuai [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Zeyu [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Qingzhu [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

9002-89-5
9012-76-4
Actuator
Alginates
Chitosan
Hydrogel
Hydrogels
Hydrolysis
Journal Article
Polyanions
Polyelectrolytes
Polyvinyl Alcohol
Polyvinyl alcohol hydrogel
Salt stimulation
Swelling

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Date Completed 27.03.2024

Date Revised 27.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.130282

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM369138007