2021-J Polym Sci-Tough and Self-Healable Carrageenan-Based Double Network Microgels Enhanced Physical Hydrogels for Strain Sensor
writer：Huan Sun#, Shitong Li#, Ke Li#, Gang Qin*, Qiang Chen*, et al
keywords：hydrogel
source：期刊
specific source：Journal of Polymer Science
Issue time：2021年
Double network hydrogels (DN gels) demonstrate extremely high strength and toughness; however, conventional DN gels are fully chemically crosslinked, which are often softening and lack self-healing. Here, a new type of fully physical DN (P-DN) gels, that is, K+ ions crosslinked κ-carrageenan (K+C) microgel (MG) composite hydrophobically crosslinked polyacrylamide (HPAAm) gels or K+C-MG/HPAAm gels, in which the HPAAm gel was physically crosslinked by hydrophobic interactions as well as topologically crosslinked by P-DN microgels, were prepared by a facile one-pot method. At the optimal condition, K+C-MG/HPAAm gel exhibited high strength (0.36?MPa) and high toughness (968?J/m2). In addition, it can rapidly recover from softening and display good fatigue resistance. Notably, K+C-MG/HPAAm gel also demonstrated self-healing properties on account of its physical nature. Because there are anionic κ-carrageenan and KCl, K+C-MG/HPAAm gels are ionic conductive, which were used as strain sensors to monitor the human motions. We believe our K+C-MG/HPAAm gels provide a new insight in the field of DN gels.