Beijing Key Laboratory of Wood Science and Engineering, Beijing Forestry University, No. 35 Tsinghua East Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100083, P. R. China.
J Mater Chem B. 2021 May 26;9(20):4230-4240. doi: 10.1039/d1tb00763g.
Multifunctional hydrogels that integrate stretchability, adhesion, self-healing, and antibacterial properties may find use in a variety of fields including electronic skin, wound dressings, and wearable devices; however, traditional hydrogels often exhibit short-term adhesiveness, poor mechanical properties, and a lack of antibacterial activity. Herein, a plant-inspired polyacrylamide-soybean protein isolate-pyrogallol/borax (PAM-SPI-P/B) hydrogel has been developed using a facile green method based on dynamic coordination cross-linking between pyrogallol (PG) and borax. The PG-borax dynamic bonds adjusted the network structure of the hydrogels to provide greater structural integrity to the PAM-SPI double network. This hydrogel possessed a high mechanical strength (large elongation up to 760% and compressive strength up to 1.25 MPa at 80% strain), low swelling ratio, and self-healing properties. Inspired by natural polyphenols that contain adhesive molecules, the addition of pyrogallol provided the hydrogel excellent adhesion to various hydrophilic and hydrophobic substrates. And with the inhibition of pyrogallol autoxidation due to the borax protection, the hydrogel showed repeatable and durable adhesion over 20 cycles. The obtained hydrogels also exhibited good antibacterial activities against Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus because they were based on pyrogallol and borax, which have antibacterial properties. Accordingly, we envision that the PAM-SPI-P/B hydrogels have great potential for use in biomimetic tissues and biosensors.
多功能水凝胶兼具拉伸性、粘附性、自修复性和抗菌性能,可能在电子皮肤、伤口敷料和可穿戴设备等多个领域得到应用;然而,传统水凝胶往往表现出短期粘附性、较差的机械性能和缺乏抗菌活性。在此,我们使用一种简便的绿色方法,基于邻苯三酚(PG)和硼砂之间的动态配位交联,开发了一种受植物启发的聚丙烯酰胺-大豆分离蛋白-邻苯三酚/硼砂(PAM-SPI-P/B)水凝胶。PG-硼砂动态键调整了水凝胶的网络结构,为 PAM-SPI 双网络提供了更大的结构完整性。这种水凝胶具有较高的机械强度(大伸长率高达 760%,在 80%应变时压缩强度高达 1.25 MPa)、低溶胀率和自修复性能。受含有粘附分子的天然多酚的启发,邻苯三酚的添加为水凝胶提供了对各种亲水和疏水基底的优异粘附性。并且,由于硼砂的保护作用抑制了邻苯三酚的自氧化,水凝胶在 20 次循环后仍表现出可重复和持久的粘附性。由于基于具有抗菌性能的邻苯三酚和硼砂,所得到的水凝胶还表现出对大肠杆菌和金黄色葡萄球菌的良好抗菌活性。因此,我们设想 PAM-SPI-P/B 水凝胶在仿生组织和生物传感器中有很大的应用潜力。
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