• 文献标题:   A 3D Printable and Mechanically Robust Hydrogel Based on Alginate and Graphene Oxide
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   LIU SJ, BASTOLA AK, LI L
  • 作者关键词:   hydrogel, 3d printing, functionalized graphene oxide, alginate, multistrengthening
  • 出版物名称:   ACS APPLIED MATERIALS INTERFACES
  • ISSN:   1944-8244
  • 通讯作者地址:   Nanyang Technol Univ
  • 被引频次:   19
  • DOI:   10.1021/acsami.7b13534
  • 出版年:   2017

▎ 摘  要

Sodium alginate (SA) was used for the first time to noncovalently functionalize amino-graphene oxide-(aGO) to produce the SA-functionalized GO, A-aGO. A-aGO was then filled into a double-network (DN) hydrogel consisting of an alginate network (SA) and a polyacrylamide (PAAM) network. Before UV curing, A-aGO was able to provide the SA/PAAm DN hydrogel with a remarkable thixotropic property, which is desirable for 3D printing. Thus, the A-aGO-filled DN hydrogel could be nicely used as an "ink" of a 3D printer to print complicated 3D structures with a high stackability and high shape fidelity. After UV curing, the 3D-printed A-aGO filled DN hydrogel showed robust mechanical strength and great toughness. For the function of A-aGO it was considered that A-aGO acted as a-secondary but physical cross-linker, not only to give the hydrogel a satisfactory thixotropic property but also to increase the energy dissipation by combining the physical SA network and the chemical PAAm network. As an exciting result we successfully developed a 3D printable and mechanically robust hydrogel.