Issue 73, 2018

Hollow hydrogel networks for temperature-controlled water fluidics

Abstract

We report the first example of a simple, yet robust, reproducible and scalable method for direct conversion of sodium alginate (SA) films to multibranched hydrogel tubes (HTs) in “one-pot” reaction of buffered aqueous solution. This method allows for construction of branched hollow HTs of any shape and arbitrary size, and enables further functionalization for application requirements.

Graphical abstract: Hollow hydrogel networks for temperature-controlled water fluidics

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
04 Jul 2018
Accepted
15 Aug 2018
First published
15 Aug 2018

Chem. Commun., 2018,54, 10304-10307

Hollow hydrogel networks for temperature-controlled water fluidics

Q. Chen, S. Liang, X. Song, P. Naumov and L. Zhang, Chem. Commun., 2018, 54, 10304 DOI: 10.1039/C8CC05396K

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