To achieve smart and personalized medicine, the development of hydrogel dressings with sensing properties and biotherapeutic properties that can act as a sensor to monitor of human health in real-time while speeding u...To achieve smart and personalized medicine, the development of hydrogel dressings with sensing properties and biotherapeutic properties that can act as a sensor to monitor of human health in real-time while speeding up wound healing face great challenge. In the present study, a biocompatible dual-network composite hydrogel(DNCGel) sensor was obtained via a simple process. The dual network hydrogel is constructed by the interpenetration of a flexible network formed of poly(vinyl alcohol)(PVA) physical cross-linked by repeated freeze-thawing and a rigid network of iron-chelated xanthan gum(XG) impregnated with Fe^(3+) interpenetration. The pure PVA/XG hydrogels were chelated with ferric ions by immersion to improve the gel strength(compressive modulus and tensile modulus can reach up to 0.62 MPa and0.079 MPa, respectively), conductivity(conductivity values ranging from 9 × 10^(-4) S/cm to 1 × 10^(-3)S/cm)and bacterial inhibition properties(up to 98.56%). Subsequently, the effects of the ratio of PVA and XG and the immersion time of Fe^(3+) on the hydrogels were investigated, and DNGel3 was given the most priority on a comprehensive consideration. It was demonstrated that the DNCGel exhibit good biocompatibility in vitro, effectively facilitate wound healing in vivo(up to 97.8% healing rate) under electrical stimulation, and monitors human movement in real time. This work provides a novel avenue to explore multifunctional intelligent hydrogels that hold great promise in biomedical fields such as smart wound dressings and flexible wearable sensors.展开更多
Crosslink polymerization kinetics of poly（acrylic acid-co-2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid）,AA/AMPS hydrogels,was investigated by using dilatometry in the presence of sodium persulfate as initiator and N,N...Crosslink polymerization kinetics of poly（acrylic acid-co-2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid）,AA/AMPS hydrogels,was investigated by using dilatometry in the presence of sodium persulfate as initiator and N,N＇-methylene bis（acrylamide） as crosslinker.It was found that the reaction for the crosslink polymerization of AA/AMPS hydrogels had orders of 0.58,1.14,and 0.86 with respect to the initiator,AMPS,and AA,respectively.From the Arrhenius plots,the activation energy of the crosslink polymerization was found to be about 140 and 89 kJ·mol-1 in the presence and absence of the crosslinker,respectively,in the temperature range from 45 to 65 °C.It was noted that the crosslinker had effects on the reaction order of the initiator and the activation energy due to the formation of cross-linked networks,which was verified by Fourier transfer infrared （FTIR） spectrum.To further confirm the influences of the cross-linked network structure on kinetic parameters of the crosslink polymerization,a mechanism was proposed,which highlights the different termination routes between free radical polymerization and crosslink polymerization.These results suggest that dilatometry provides a convenient tool for crosslink polymeri-zation study,and confirm that the cross-linked networks are formed in the crosslink polymerization.展开更多
Simple, efficient and accurate controllable systems for materials are becoming more essential, in response to the explosively growing demands in the fields of chemistry and material science. Herein, tailored hydrogels...Simple, efficient and accurate controllable systems for materials are becoming more essential, in response to the explosively growing demands in the fields of chemistry and material science. Herein, tailored hydrogels are explored depending on synergistic regulation of p H-responsive chemical networks with an "on/off" function and physical networks with dynamic selfoptimized arrangement. Thiol-disulfide exchange reaction endows hydrogels with controlled architectures while hydrogen bondstrengthened 2-ureido-4[1H]-pyrimidinone(UPy) moieties contributes a significant increase in mechanical strengths. The integration of that dual cross-linking(DC) network ensures the hydrogels with customized structure and enhanced mechanical property. Such controllably strategy is universally applicable and will open a new avenue to flexibly fabricate desired hybrid hydrogels with distinctive features and functions for their potential applications.展开更多
基金supported by Physical Chemical Materials Analytical&Testing Center of Shandong University at Weihai,Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province(No.ZR2022QD057)Open Project Fund for Hubei Key Laboratory of Oral and Maxillofacial Development and Regeneration(No.2021kqhm003)+1 种基金State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing(Wuhan University of Technology)the Science Fund of Shandong Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Green Manufacturing(Yantai,No.AMGM2021F02)。
文摘To achieve smart and personalized medicine, the development of hydrogel dressings with sensing properties and biotherapeutic properties that can act as a sensor to monitor of human health in real-time while speeding up wound healing face great challenge. In the present study, a biocompatible dual-network composite hydrogel(DNCGel) sensor was obtained via a simple process. The dual network hydrogel is constructed by the interpenetration of a flexible network formed of poly(vinyl alcohol)(PVA) physical cross-linked by repeated freeze-thawing and a rigid network of iron-chelated xanthan gum(XG) impregnated with Fe^(3+) interpenetration. The pure PVA/XG hydrogels were chelated with ferric ions by immersion to improve the gel strength(compressive modulus and tensile modulus can reach up to 0.62 MPa and0.079 MPa, respectively), conductivity(conductivity values ranging from 9 × 10^(-4) S/cm to 1 × 10^(-3)S/cm)and bacterial inhibition properties(up to 98.56%). Subsequently, the effects of the ratio of PVA and XG and the immersion time of Fe^(3+) on the hydrogels were investigated, and DNGel3 was given the most priority on a comprehensive consideration. It was demonstrated that the DNCGel exhibit good biocompatibility in vitro, effectively facilitate wound healing in vivo(up to 97.8% healing rate) under electrical stimulation, and monitors human movement in real time. This work provides a novel avenue to explore multifunctional intelligent hydrogels that hold great promise in biomedical fields such as smart wound dressings and flexible wearable sensors.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China（20176007 20376087）
文摘Crosslink polymerization kinetics of poly（acrylic acid-co-2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid）,AA/AMPS hydrogels,was investigated by using dilatometry in the presence of sodium persulfate as initiator and N,N＇-methylene bis（acrylamide） as crosslinker.It was found that the reaction for the crosslink polymerization of AA/AMPS hydrogels had orders of 0.58,1.14,and 0.86 with respect to the initiator,AMPS,and AA,respectively.From the Arrhenius plots,the activation energy of the crosslink polymerization was found to be about 140 and 89 kJ·mol-1 in the presence and absence of the crosslinker,respectively,in the temperature range from 45 to 65 °C.It was noted that the crosslinker had effects on the reaction order of the initiator and the activation energy due to the formation of cross-linked networks,which was verified by Fourier transfer infrared （FTIR） spectrum.To further confirm the influences of the cross-linked network structure on kinetic parameters of the crosslink polymerization,a mechanism was proposed,which highlights the different termination routes between free radical polymerization and crosslink polymerization.These results suggest that dilatometry provides a convenient tool for crosslink polymeri-zation study,and confirm that the cross-linked networks are formed in the crosslink polymerization.
基金This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(21674120,51973226,21725403).
文摘Simple, efficient and accurate controllable systems for materials are becoming more essential, in response to the explosively growing demands in the fields of chemistry and material science. Herein, tailored hydrogels are explored depending on synergistic regulation of p H-responsive chemical networks with an "on/off" function and physical networks with dynamic selfoptimized arrangement. Thiol-disulfide exchange reaction endows hydrogels with controlled architectures while hydrogen bondstrengthened 2-ureido-4[1H]-pyrimidinone(UPy) moieties contributes a significant increase in mechanical strengths. The integration of that dual cross-linking(DC) network ensures the hydrogels with customized structure and enhanced mechanical property. Such controllably strategy is universally applicable and will open a new avenue to flexibly fabricate desired hybrid hydrogels with distinctive features and functions for their potential applications.
