• 文献标题:   Mechanically strong and pH-responsive carboxymethyl chitosan/graphene oxide/polyacrylamide nanocomposite hydrogels with fast recoverability
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   CHEN Y, WANG HQ, YU JR, WANG Y, ZHU J, HU ZM
  • 作者关键词:   graphene oxide, carboxymethyl chitosan, biocompatible, recoverability, nanocomposite hydrogel
  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF BIOMATERIALS SCIENCEPOLYMER EDITION
  • ISSN:   0920-5063 EI 1568-5624
  • 通讯作者地址:   Donghua Univ
  • 被引频次:   6
  • DOI:   10.1080/09205063.2017.1358548
  • 出版年:   2017

▎ 摘  要

The biocompatible, quickly recoverable, mechanically strong and tough polymer hydrogels have great potential for biomedical applications. A novel carboxymethyl chitosan (CMCTs)/graphene oxide (GO)/polyacrylamide (PAM) nanocomposite (NC) hydrogel with excellent mechanical performance was synthesized through a facile, one-pot free radical polymerization, using GO nanosheets as the crosslink centers instead of toxic organic molecules. The content of GO nanosheets and CMCTs has great influence on the mechanical properties of CMCTs/GO/PAM NC hydrogels. When the amount of GO nanosheets is 0.118 wt % and CMCTs is 1.5 wt % (to the total weight of CMCTs and acrylamide), CMCTs/GO/PAM hydrogel displays a compressive stress as high as 5.8MPa at the breaking deformation of 87.5% and a tensile strength of 223.6kPa at the failure strain of 631%. Besides, with nearly complete recovery in 1min at the room temperature after unloading, the CMCTs/GO/PAM hydrogels exhibit excellent fast recoverability. Additionally, the CMCTs/GO/PAM hydrogels also have an obvious pH-responsive property.