Issue 40, 2015
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Chemical Communications

Multi-responsive and tough hydrogels based on triblock copolymer micelles as multi-functional macro-crosslinkers†

Yuanna Sun,a   Shuang Liu,a   Gaolai Du,a   Guorong Gaoa  and  Jun Fu ORCID logo *a  

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a Polymers and Composites Division, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1219 Zhongguan West Road, Ningbo 315201, P. R. China
E-mail: fujun@nimte.ac.cn

Abstract

Multi-stimuli responsive hydrogels are synthesized using self-assembled nanomicelles of Pluronic F127 diacrylate triblock copolymer as non-covalent macro-crosslinkers to in situ copolymerize with acrylamide and methyl chloride quaternized N,N-dimethylamino ethylacrylate monomers, generating positively charged hydrogels. These hydrogels showed high strength, toughness, and outstanding fatigue resistance, and are reversibly responsive to changes in pH and ionic strength.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C4CC10094H
Article type
Communication
Submitted
18 Dec 2014
Accepted
12 Jan 2015
First published
12 Jan 2015

Chem. Commun., 2015,51, 8512-8515

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Multi-responsive and tough hydrogels based on triblock copolymer micelles as multi-functional macro-crosslinkers

Y. Sun, S. Liu, G. Du, G. Gao and J. Fu, Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 8512 DOI: 10.1039/C4CC10094H

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