Recovery from applied strain in interpenetrating polymer network hydrogels with ionic and covalent cross-links
RIS ID
68195
Abstract
We have prepared an interpenetrating polymer network hydrogel based on the simultaneous formation of two polymer networks, gellan gum and poly(acrylamide). The gellan gum network is ionically cross-linked, while poly(acrylamide) network is covalently cross-linked. These gels can recover 53 ± 4%of the hysteresis of the first compressive cycle and 90 ± 9% of subsequent cycles.
Publication Details
Bakarich, S. E., Pidcock, G. C., Balding, P., Stevens, L., Calvert, P. & in het Panhuis, M. (2012). Recovery from applied strain in interpenetrating polymer network hydrogels with ionic and covalent cross-links. Soft Matter, 8 (39), 9985-9988.