Graphene Oxide/Polyacrylamide/Aluminum Ion Cross‐Linked Carboxymethyl Hemicellulose Nanocomposite Hydrogels with Very Tough and Elastic Properties |
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| Authors: | Weiqing Kong Danyang Huang Guibin Xu Prof. Junli Ren Prof. Chuanfu Liu Prof. Lihong Zhao Prof. Runcang Sun |
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| Affiliation: | 1. State Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China;2. Beijing Key Laboratory of Lignocellulosic Chemistry, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China |
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Development of high‐strength hydrogels has recently attracted ever‐increasing attention. In this work, a new design strategy has been proposed to prepare graphene oxide (GO)/polyacrylamide (PAM)/aluminum ion (Al3+)‐cross‐linked carboxymethyl hemicellulose (Al‐CMH) nanocomposite hydrogels with very tough and elastic properties. GO/PAM/Al‐CMH hydrogels were synthesized by introducing graphene oxide (GO) into PAM/CMH hydrogel, followed by ionic cross‐linking of Al3+. The nanocomposite hydrogels were characterized by means of FTIR, X‐ray diffraction (XRD), and scanning electron microscopy/energy‐dispersive X‐ray analysis (SEM‐EDX) along with their swelling and mechanical properties. The maximum compressive strength and the Young's modulus of GO3.5/PAM/Al‐CMH0.45 hydrogel achieved values of up to 1.12 and 13.27 MPa, increased by approximately 6488 and 18330 % relative to the PAM hydrogel (0.017 and 0.072 MPa). The as‐prepared GO/PAM/Al‐CMH nanocomposite hydrogels possess high strength and great elasticity giving them potential in bioengineering and drug‐delivery system applications. |
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| Keywords: | aluminum graphene oxide hydrogels nanotechnology synthetic methods |
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