Currently, development of a single network hydrogel with a high fracture toughness in swelling equilibrium remains challenging.In this work, a novel T-shaped trifunctional crosslinker(T-NAGAX) with dual vinyl on the b...Currently, development of a single network hydrogel with a high fracture toughness in swelling equilibrium remains challenging.In this work, a novel T-shaped trifunctional crosslinker(T-NAGAX) with dual vinyl on the backbone and dual amide group on the side chain is synthesized by Michael addition and acylation. The T-NAGAX is used to prepare chemically crosslinked hydrogel by one-pot photo-initiated polymerization. The resulting single network hydrogels of representative polyacrylamide(PAAm), poly(N-acryloyl 2-glycine)(PACG), and poly(N-isopropyl acrylamide)(PNIPAM) crosslinked with T-NAGAX with additional hydrogen-bonds exhibit much better fracture toughness than that of the corresponding hydrogels crosslinked by N,N'-methylene bisacrylamide, a conventional crosslinker;higher mechanical strengths are observed in the T-NAGAX crosslinked hydrogels. These hydrogels are promising to be exploited as load-bearing soft tissue substitutes. This T-NAGAX crosslinker can be expanded to toughen various types of hydrogels.展开更多
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2018YFA0703100)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51733006)。
文摘Currently, development of a single network hydrogel with a high fracture toughness in swelling equilibrium remains challenging.In this work, a novel T-shaped trifunctional crosslinker(T-NAGAX) with dual vinyl on the backbone and dual amide group on the side chain is synthesized by Michael addition and acylation. The T-NAGAX is used to prepare chemically crosslinked hydrogel by one-pot photo-initiated polymerization. The resulting single network hydrogels of representative polyacrylamide(PAAm), poly(N-acryloyl 2-glycine)(PACG), and poly(N-isopropyl acrylamide)(PNIPAM) crosslinked with T-NAGAX with additional hydrogen-bonds exhibit much better fracture toughness than that of the corresponding hydrogels crosslinked by N,N'-methylene bisacrylamide, a conventional crosslinker;higher mechanical strengths are observed in the T-NAGAX crosslinked hydrogels. These hydrogels are promising to be exploited as load-bearing soft tissue substitutes. This T-NAGAX crosslinker can be expanded to toughen various types of hydrogels.
