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Hybrid Hydrogels Toughened by Chemical Covalent Bonding and Physical Electrostatic Interactions

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Polystyrene nanoparticles with negative charges(n-PSs) were synthesized using styrene(St) and sodium styrene sulfonate(NaSS) as initial materials by surfactant-free emulsion polymerization. Subsequently, a hybrid hydrogel was prepared using acrylamide(AAm) and methacryloyloxyethyltrimethyl ammonium chloride(DMC) as co-monomers with N,N′-methylenebisacrylamide(MBA) as a chemical crosslinker and n-PSs as a physical electro- static interaction agent. The resulting hybrid hydrogels exhibited excellent tensile strength and elongation at break. The tensile stress of hybrid hydrogels was seven times greater than that of hydrogels without n-PSs. The elongation at break of hydrogels reached 700%, which was much higher compared to those of the hydrogels without n-PSs. Furthermore, swelling measurements of the hydrogels indicate that there is an overshoot in the swelling process and the extent of overshoot decreases with the increasing n-PSs. Therefore, the work presented here provides a method for improving the mechanical properties of hydrogels via the introduction of polymeric nanoparticles.

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  1. School of Chemical Engineering, Changchun University of Technology, Changchun, 130012, P. R. China

    Li Liu, Ge Pan, Xiuyan Ren, Xinyue Zhang & Guangfeng Wu

  2. College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, P. R. China

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Liu, L., Pan, G., Wang, L. et al. Hybrid Hydrogels Toughened by Chemical Covalent Bonding and Physical Electrostatic Interactions. Chem. Res. Chin. Univ. 34, 500–505 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40242-018-7375-z

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