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. 2015 May 6;27(17):2722-7.
doi: 10.1002/adma.201500140. Epub 2015 Mar 23.

Oppositely charged polyelectrolytes form tough, self-healing, and rebuildable hydrogels

Feng Luo  1 , Tao Lin Sun, Tasuku Nakajima, Takayuki Kurokawa, Yu Zhao, Koshiro Sato, Abu Bin Ihsan, Xufeng Li, Honglei Guo, Jian Ping Gong
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Oppositely charged polyelectrolytes form tough, self-healing, and rebuildable hydrogels

Feng Luo et al. Adv Mater. .
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Abstract

A series of tough polyion complex hydrogels is synthesized by sequential homopolymerization of cationic and anionic monomers. Owing to the reversible interpolymer ionic bonding, the materials are self-healable under ambient conditions with the aid of saline solution. Furthermore, self-glued bulk hydrogels can be built from their microgels, which is promising for 3D/4D printing and the additive manufacturing of hydrogels.

Keywords: hydrogels; polyion complexes; rebuildability; self-healing; tough.

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