• 文献标题:   Bio-inspired layered chitosan/graphene oxide nanocomposite hydrogels with high strength and pH-driven shape memory effect
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ZHANG YQ, ZHANG M, JIANG HY, SHI JL, LI FB, XIA YH, ZHANG GZ, LI HJ
  • 作者关键词:   graphene oxide, chitosan, layered structure, high strength, shape memory
  • 出版物名称:   CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS
  • ISSN:   0144-8617 EI 1879-1344
  • 通讯作者地址:   Beijing Inst Technol
  • 被引频次:   24
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.carbpol.2017.08.106
  • 出版年:   2017

▎ 摘  要

The layered nanocomposite hydrogel films containing chitosan (CS) and graphene oxide (GO) have been prepared by water evaporation induced self-assembly and subsequent physical cross-linking in alkaline solution. The layered CS/GO hydrogel films obtained have a nacre-like brick-and-mortar microstructure, which contributes to their excellent mechanical properties. The tensile strength and elongation at break of the hydrogel films with 5 wt% GO are 5.35 MPa and 193.5%, respectively, which are comparable to natural costal cartilage. Furthermore, the CS/GO hydrogel films exhibited pH-driven shape memory effect, and this unique phenomenon is mainly attributed to the reversible transition of partial physically cross-linking corresponding to hydrogen bondings and hydrophobic interactions between CS polymer chains due to pH changing.