Jing Houchao, He Lin, Feng Jinyang, Fu Hai, Guan Shuang, Guo Peipei
School of Chemistry and Life Science, Changchun University of Technology, 2055 Yanan Street, Changchun 130012, P. R. China.
Soft Matter. 2019 Jul 14;15(26):5264-5270. doi: 10.1039/c9sm00869a. Epub 2019 Jun 17.
Hydrogels with multiple shape-memory ability have aroused great interest due to their promising applications in various fields. Nevertheless, the weak mechanical performance of most shape-memory hydrogels seriously impedes the practical application in more complex environments. Herein, we reported a novel hydrogel with both high mechanical and multi-shape memory properties composed of stearyl methacrylate (SMA), acrylic acid (AA) and quaternary chitosan (QCH). The electrostatic interactions between AA and QCH together with the hydrophobic interactions of alkyl chains in SMA endowed the hydrogel with great strain-stress and fatigue resistance. Furthermore, due to the reversible destruction and construction of physical cross-links, the prepared hydrogels also exhibited the shape-memory ability in response to different stimuli, such as temperature, pH and NaCl solution. Additionally, the multiple shape-memory effect could be accomplished via programmable combination because of the relatively independent physical interactions in the hydrogels.
具有多重形状记忆能力的水凝胶因其在各个领域的应用前景而引起了极大的关注。然而,大多数形状记忆水凝胶的机械性能较弱,严重阻碍了其在更复杂环境中的实际应用。在此,我们报道了一种由甲基丙烯酸十八酯(SMA)、丙烯酸(AA)和季铵化壳聚糖(QCH)组成的新型水凝胶,它同时具有高机械性能和多重形状记忆性能。AA与QCH之间的静电相互作用以及SMA中烷基链的疏水相互作用赋予了水凝胶出色的应变应力和抗疲劳性能。此外,由于物理交联的可逆破坏和构建,所制备的水凝胶在响应不同刺激(如温度、pH值和NaCl溶液)时也表现出形状记忆能力。此外,由于水凝胶中相对独立的物理相互作用,通过可编程组合可以实现多重形状记忆效应。