Issue 17, 2013
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Polymer Chemistry

Autonomous self-healing of poly(acrylic acid) hydrogels induced by the migration of ferric ions†

Zengjiang Wei,ab   Jie He,b   Tony Liang,b   Hyuntaek Oh,c   Jasmin Athas,b   Zhen Tong,a   Chaoyang Wang*a  and  Zhihong Nie*b  

* Corresponding authors

a Research Institute of Materials Science, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
E-mail: zhywang@scut.edu.cn

b Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
E-mail: znie@umd.edu

c Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA

Abstract

A facile and versatile strategy was developed for the preparation of self-healing hydrogels containing double networks of both physically and chemically cross-linked polymers. The autonomous self-healing of the hydrogel was achieved through the dynamic bonding of physical cross-linking and the migration of ferric ions.

Graphical abstract: Autonomous self-healing of poly(acrylic acid) hydrogels induced by the migration of ferric ions

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3PY00692A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
28 5 2013
Accepted
16 6 2013
First published
17 6 2013

Polym. Chem., 2013,4, 4601-4605

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Autonomous self-healing of poly(acrylic acid) hydrogels induced by the migration of ferric ions

Z. Wei, J. He, T. Liang, H. Oh, J. Athas, Z. Tong, C. Wang and Z. Nie, Polym. Chem., 2013, 4, 4601 DOI: 10.1039/C3PY00692A

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