Issue 39, 2012
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Soft Matter

Recovery from applied strain in interpenetrating polymer network hydrogels with ionic and covalent cross-links

Shannon E. Bakarich,a   Geoffrey C. Pidcock,a   Paul Balding,a   Leo Stevens,a   Paul Calvertb  and  Marc in het Panhuis*ac  

* Corresponding authors

a Soft Materials Group, School of Chemistry, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
E-mail: panhuis@uow.edu.au
Tel: +61 24221 3155

b Department of Bioengineering, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA, USA
E-mail: pcalvert@umassd.edu

c ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
E-mail: panhuis@uow.edu.au
Tel: +61 24221 3155

Abstract

We have prepared an interpenetrating polymer network hydrogel based on the simultaneous formation of two polymer networks, gellan gum and poly(acrylamide). The gellan gum network is ionically cross-linked, while poly(acrylamide) network is covalently cross-linked. These gels can recover 53 ± 4% of the hysteresis of the first compressive cycle and 90 ± 9% of subsequent cycles.

Graphical abstract: Recovery from applied strain in interpenetrating polymer network hydrogels with ionic and covalent cross-links

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Article information

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2SM26745D
Article type
Communication
Submitted
29 Jul 2012
Accepted
15 Aug 2012
First published
03 Sep 2012

Soft Matter, 2012,8, 9985-9988

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Recovery from applied strain in interpenetrating polymer network hydrogels with ionic and covalent cross-links

S. E. Bakarich, G. C. Pidcock, P. Balding, L. Stevens, P. Calvert and M. in het Panhuis, Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 9985 DOI: 10.1039/C2SM26745D

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