纳米复合水凝胶的研究进展

传统水凝胶存在机械性能差、响应速度慢等缺点,限制了它作为新材料的应用前景。纳米材料具有独特的微观尺度结构和性质,在电子学、光学、机械学、生物学等领域展现出巨大的潜力。将无机纳米材料添加入水凝胶中不但有可能提高水凝胶的机械强度,同时还能赋予凝胶特殊的新性能,如电响应性能、紫外吸收性能、磁敏感性能等。因而纳米复合水凝胶成为近期的研究热点。本文综述了纳米复合水凝胶的增强理论、典型制备方法及其功能化研究进展。     

纳米复合水凝胶在人工软骨中的研究进展

纳米复合水凝胶(nanocomposite hydrogels,NC hydrogels)作为人工软骨修复材料有很大的应用价值和吸引力.由于NC水凝胶具有与天然软骨细胞外基质(extracellular matrix,ECM)相似的结构,以及较好的力学性能、刺激响应性等优势,是软骨修复的理想支架材料.本综述详细介绍了用...     

磁性能可控的聚(N-异丙基丙烯酰胺)基纳米复合水凝胶的制备与表征

以N-异丙基丙烯酰胺(NIPAM)为单体、焦磷酸钠改性的无机锂皂石(Clay-S)为物理交联剂,制备了温敏性的纳米复合水凝胶(NC gels),通过原位化学沉淀法引入Fe3O4纳米粒子,制备了聚(N-异丙基丙烯酰胺)基磁性纳米复合水凝胶(MNC gels)。使用傅里叶变换红外光谱(FTIR)、X射线衍射(XRD)、扫描电子显微镜(SEM)、能量色散X射线光谱(EDX)、差示扫描量热分析(DSC)、综合物性测量系统(PPMS)等测试方法表征了凝胶网络的结构形态、磁性粒子的晶型及其分布、凝胶的温敏性和磁性能。重点研究了制备过程中的浸泡液铁盐浓度、预聚液的单体浓度及黏土含量对凝胶磁性能的影响,并对上述影响因素进行了分析和模拟。结果表明:MNC gels同时具有温敏性和磁敏性,且其磁性能受浸泡液铁盐浓度、预聚液的单体浓度及黏土含量影响;根据影响因素显著性水平建立了可预测MNC gels磁性能的模型,使磁性能的可控制备成为可能。     

醇溶剂交换对聚合物/黏土纳米复合水凝胶的性能改进及结构表征

采用原位自由基聚合,制备了聚N,N-二甲基丙烯酰胺(PDMAA)/黏土(clay)纳米复合水凝胶(D-NCgel),黏土在体系结构中充当多官能团交联点的作用.考察了D-NC gel中溶剂水被交换为醇溶剂时,凝胶结构稳定性,溶胀特性,以及机械性能的变化.D-NC gel在醇溶剂中仍能保持完整的三维网络结构,体系没有瓦解.而且,D-NC gel在醇溶剂中表现出依赖于醇溶剂种类的溶剂交换和溶胀行为.在甲醇中,凝胶溶胀度呈现单调增长,但是在其它醇溶剂,如乙醇、1-丙醇或1-丁醇中,凝胶表现出先收缩后溶胀的特殊溶胀行为.通过在醇溶剂中先溶胀后干燥的方法,制备具有优异机械性能的醇溶剂纳米复合凝胶.与D-NC5 gel相比,D-NC5甲醇凝胶其拉伸力学强度提高了67%(从155 kPa增加到259 kPa),拉伸模量提高了49%(从7.5 kPa增加到11.2kPa).基于凝胶在醇水溶剂中结构可逆性讨论的基础上,探讨了醇溶剂对D-NC水凝胶的改性机理.     

纳米复合水凝胶的力学行为与刺激响应性

纳米复合水凝胶（nanocomposite hydrogels,NC凝胶）由于其简便的制备方法、独特的组成、优异的力学性能、高光学透明度以及良好的溶胀/去溶胀性等,引起了广泛的关注.近年来,本课题组在NC凝胶的力学行为及刺激响应性NC凝胶的制备方面取得了可喜的研究成果.观察到新合成的和溶胀平衡的聚N-异丙基丙烯酰胺（PNIPAm）-锂藻土LaponiteNC凝胶的超拉伸性,发现了在大应变下的应变硬化现象;发现利用Mooney-Rivlin方程可以描述NC凝胶的压缩应力-应变,但不能描述较大的应变硬化;Creton模型能很好地描述NC凝胶在大形变下的应力-应变曲线,特别是凝胶的应变硬化;从NC凝胶小应变下的平衡剪切模量得到了有效交联密度,观察到NC凝胶形变-回复过程的迟滞现象,测定了NC凝胶的松弛指数.我们认为NC凝胶具有超拉伸性的原因是其较低的交联密度和适度的松弛速率;在响应性NC凝胶的制备方面,发现了溶胶型Laponite的水分散液的稳定窗口,避免了加入离子性单体引起的聚集沉淀;通过共聚制备了具有超拉伸性、pH响应或温度和pH双响应的透明NC凝胶.本文主要综述了我们课题组在NC凝胶力学行为及响应性NC凝胶领域的一些研究进展,并分析了NC凝胶研究领域仍然未解决的科学问题,以及今后可能的发展方向.     

纳米金复合水凝胶的制备及其应用研究进展

纳米金具有较高的表面能,极易发生团聚,导致其性能降低,而具有多孔性以及结构可调节性等性质的水凝胶在负载和稳定纳米金方面具有重要的实际意义.纳米金复合水凝胶兼具了纳米金和水凝胶各自的优良物理化学性能,能够满足越来越多样化的应用需求,是目前研究中极具潜力的发展方向之一.本文首先介绍了几种典型纳米金如金纳米粒子、金纳米棒、金...     

羧甲基纤维素基复合水凝胶的研究及应用进展

羧甲基纤维素(CMC)水凝胶是一种具有亲水性的天然三维聚合物材料,具有高吸水性,因此以羧甲基纤维素钠制备的水凝胶安全无毒可生物降解,被广泛应用于医药、食品、农业和环境等领域,作为保鲜材料、抗菌材料、生物传感器、药物输送系统和去除重金属的吸附剂。本文按CMC复合水凝胶材料来源的不同,分类综述了大分子/CMC水凝胶、单体/CMC水凝胶和无机物/CMC水凝胶的研究进展、功能特性以及应用领域,为羧甲基纤维素复合水凝胶的研究提供一定的思路和理论依据。总结此方向研究中不同材料对羧甲基纤维素复合水凝胶性能的提升情况,同时对羧甲基纤维素水凝胶的应用前景进行了展望。     

纳米复合水凝胶体系的设计合成与结构功能一体化构筑

纳米复合水凝胶(NC-Gels)因兼具有机相及无机相的优点,且具有独特的结构特征和理化性能,近年来已成为水凝胶领域的研究重点,在智能器件、生物医药、组织工程等领域有着广泛的应用前景.基于有机/无机杂化原理,通过交联点的结构与功能性设计和凝胶网络的可控构筑,获得了一系列力学性能优异并具有多重响应甚至智能化响应的NC-Gels,并提出了以有机微球或功能化杂化微球分别为交联点构建纳米复合水凝胶(OC-Gels)和杂化水凝胶(H-Gels)的新方法,探索了其在生物医学和智能传感领域等的初步应用.     

无机纳米复合水凝胶*

近年来,纳米材料由于具有诸多奇特效应而备受关注。将无机纳米粒子与高分子水凝胶复合,可以很大程度地改善传统水凝胶的使用性能,因而成为近年来水凝胶研究领域的热点课题之一。纳米材料的形貌多姿多彩,相同材质不同形貌的纳米材料对复合材料性能有着不同的作用。本文从不同形貌（层状、管状及球状等）的无机纳米材料对复合水凝胶性能影响出发,以无机纳米粒子的形貌分类,综述了当前无机纳米复合水凝胶的研究进展。     

Hydrogel Nanocomposite as a Synthetic Intra-Ocular Lens Capable of Accommodation

A hydrogel nanocomposite was designed, synthesized, and evaluated for use as an auto-focusing intra-ocular lens. The hydrogel scaffold was composed of a monomer-free, thiol that contained polyacrylamide (5%), which was allowed to gel in the presence of nanoparticles at pH 7.4, 25°C. The nanoparticles consisted of a proteo-mimetic polyacrylamide nanogel (∼42 nm), bovine serum albumin (BSA) (∼6 nm), and hydrophilized silica (∼3 nm). The extent of nanoparticle loading increased with decreasing particle size. The elastic modulus increased with increasing loading of the proteo-mimetic nanogels and BSA, and it decreased with hydrophilized silica. In this investigation, the hydrogel that contained silica was the most promising class of nanocomposite hydrogels with properties comparable to that of a young porcine lens. A nanocomposite that consisted of 10% hydrogel scaffold and 24% hydrophilized silica (elastic [E] modulus of ∼1.0 kPa and refractive index [RI] of 1.42) was injected into a pre-evacuated porcine lens capsular bag. The composite lens was evaluated in a custom-designed four-arm radial stretcher, and its force-time spectrum was characterized by time constants of 60 ± 8.9 and 800 ± 32 ms. These results were comparable to a young porcine lens (E Modulus of 1.2 kPa; RI of 1.4105; time constants of 48.3 ± 0.58 and 668 ± 24.6 ms, respectively)     

羧甲基纤维素钠/聚(N-异丙基丙烯酰胺)纳米复合水凝胶的制备及结构性能表征

以无机粘土为交联剂制备了具有温度、pH双重敏感特性的羧甲基纤维素钠/聚(N-异丙基丙烯酰胺)/粘土半互穿网络纳米复合水凝胶(CMC/PNIPA/Clay semi-IPN),并通过红外和透射电镜对其结构和形态进行了表征。在酸性(pH=1.2)和20℃条件下,分别研究了温度和不同pH缓冲液对该凝胶溶胀度的影响,测定了复合水凝胶的力学性能。结果表明:水凝胶中的粘土被剥离成单片层,且均匀分散在凝胶网络中,起交联剂的作用,而CMC以线性大分子的形态存在;CMC/PNIPA/Clay具有良好的温度、pH双重敏感特性;凝胶的断裂伸长率>1 000%。     

Fabrication of Sulfated Heterosaccharide/Poly (Vinyl Alcohol) Hydrogel Nanocomposite for Application as Wound Healing Dressing

Nowadays, natural polysaccharides-based hydrogels have achieved promising results as dressings to promote skin healing. In the present study, we prepared a novel hydrogel nanocomposite with poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) and sulfated heterosaccharide (UF), named UPH. The SEM results showed that the UPH had dense porous structures with a high porosity and a specific surface area. The UPH had a good swelling property, which can effectively adsorb exudate and keep the wound moist. The in vitro experiments results showed that the UPH was non-cytotoxic and could regulate the inflammatory response and promote the migration of fibroblasts significantly. The phenotypic, histochemistry, and Western blot analyses showed UPH treatment accelerated the wound healing and recovery of skin tissue at wound sites in a C57BL/6 mouse model. Furthermore, the UPH could promote the inflammation process to onset earlier and last shorter than that in a normal process. Given its migration-promoting ability and physicochemical properties, the UPH may provide an effective application for the treatment and management of skin wounds.     

Thermosensitive and Dissolution Properties in Nanocomposite Polymer Hydrogels

We investigate the phase transition behavior and dissolution resistant properties of thermo‐sensitive nanocomposite hydrogels made from PEO‐PPO‐PEO triblock copolymer (Pluronic F127) and Laponite silicate nanoparticles. The rapid dissolution properties of F127 copolymer hydrogels usually limit their use as sustained release drug carriers. We overcome this limitation by synergistic combination of nanoparticle gelation characteristics with polymer thermo‐sensitivity. We present a proof of concept that the temperature‐dependent phase transitions can be shifted as a function of hydrogel composition and that the dissolution of the polymer hydrogels as well as the release of a model drug, albumin, can be significantly slowed down by addition of nanoparticles. The dissolution resistant properties generated will prove useful in the future formulation, processing and application of our polymer hydrogels for sustained release drug delivery carriers.

     

Developing a Self‐Healing Supramolecular Nucleoside Hydrogel Based on Guanosine and Isoguanosine

Recently, supramolecular hydrogels have attracted increasing interest owing to their tunable stability and inherent biocompatibility. However, only few studies have been reported in the literature on self‐healing supramolecular nucleoside hydrogels, compared to self‐healing polymer hydrogels. In this work, we successfully developed a self‐healing supramolecular nucleoside hydrogel obtained by simply mixing equimolar amounts of guanosine (G) and isoguanosine (isoG) in the presence of K⁺. The gelation properties have been studied systematically by comparing different alkali metal ions as well as mixtures with different ratios of G and isoG. To this end, rheological and phase diagram experiments demonstrated that the co‐gel not only possessed good self‐healing properties and short recovery time (only 20 seconds) but also could be formed at very low concentrations of K⁺. Furthermore, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), powder X‐ray diffraction (PXRD), and circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy suggested that possible G₂isoG₂‐quartet structures occurred in this self‐healing supramolecular nucleoside hydrogel. This co‐gel, to some extent, addressed the problem of isoguanosine gels for the applications in vivo, which showed the potential to be a new type of drug delivery system for biomedical applications in the future.     

The Design of Rapid Self-Healing Alginate Hydrogel with Dendritic Crosslinking Network

Self-healing alginate hydrogels play important roles in the biological field due to their biocompatibility and ability to recover after cracking. One of the primary targets for researchers in this field is to increase the self-healing speed. Sodium alginate was oxidized, generating aldehyde groups on the chains, which were then crosslinked by poly(amino) amine (PAMAM) via Schiff base reaction. The dendritic structure was introduced to the alginate hydrogel in this work, which was supposed to promote intermolecular interactions and accelerate the self-healing process. Results showed that the hydrogel (ADA-PAMAM) formed a gel within 2.5 min with stable rheological properties. Within 25 min, the hydrogel recovered under room temperature. Furthermore, the aldehyde degree of alginate dialdehyde with a different oxidation degree was characterized through gel permeation chromatograph aligned with multi-angle laser light scattering and ultraviolet (UV) absorption. The chemical structure of the hydrogel was characterized through Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and UV-vis spectra. The SEM and laser scanning confocal microscope (CLSM) presented the antibiotic ability of ADA-PAMAM against both S. aureus and E. coli when incubated with 10⁻⁷ CFU microorganism under room temperature for 2 h. This work presented a strategy to promote the self-healing of hydrogel through forming a dendritic dynamic crosslinking network.     

Nanocomposite Gels: New Advanced Functional Soft Materials

Summary: Nanocomposite gels (NC gels) consisting of poly(N-alkylacrylamides) and exfoliated inorganic clay were prepared by in-situ, free-radical polymerization at high yield under mild conditions (near ambient temperature, without stirring). Various shapes and different surface forms of NC gels were readily obtained using corresponding vessels and templates, since NC gels were always mechanically tough. The view that polymer/clay networks are formed in NC gels was supported by dynamic viscoelastic and swelling measurements. The entirely different mechanical properties of NC gels, compared with conventional, chemically-crosslinked hydrogels (OR gels), are discussed on the basis of their network structure. In addition to functions previously reported, NC gels exhibit further interesting characteristics, such as inherent incombustibility, good thermal conductivity, large heat capacity, they can be readily colored and fabricated as foams. NC gels can be utilized as environmentally-friendly, soft materials from the viewpoints of resources and waste, as their primary component is water.     

Pressure-responsive AuNPs/Polyacrylamide Nanocomposite Hydrogel with Highly Stable and Tunable Electrochemiluminescence Performances

Synergistically taking the advantage of distinctive porous matrix, luminophore and functional nanoparticles, we prepared functional nanocomposite hydrogel combining the hydrophilic three-dimensional network of hydrogels as matrix for the adsorption of luminophore, Ru(bpy)₃²⁺, and in situ grown gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) as the conductive. Interestingly, the designed nanocomposite hydrogel shows external pressure resposnsive properties, which precisely tune the distance between the AuNPs becomes shorter, resulting in a remarkable amplification of electrochemiluminescence (ECL) signals. Additionally, differing from the poor stability of conventional ECL, uniform dispersion of the Ru(bpy)₃²⁺ over nanocomposite hydrogel significantly enhanced the long term stability of ECL.     

Effect of Process Variable on the Gelation Time of Sulfonated Polyacrylamide Nanocomposite Hydrogel

Among the methods available to reduce water production during oil recovery, injecting a gelling system composed of a polymer and a crosslinker has been widely used. In this study, a Plackett-Burman design was used for screening a large number of factors such as concentrations of polymer, crosslinker, pH, temperature, and presence or absence of NaCl, CaCl₂, MgCl₂, KCl, thiourea, sodium lactate, and nanoclay on the gelation time of sulfonated polyacrylamide nanocomposite hydrogels by rheological tests. Among these factors, temperature, pH, and CaCl₂ concentration were found to have the greatest effect on the gelation time. The effects of these three factors and their interactions on the gelation time were then determined by using central composite design of response surface method. As a result, the interactions of CaCl₂ concentration with temperature and pH were considerably more than the interactions of pH and temperature on the gelation time. At low pH (3 < pH < 7), the gelation time decreased by decrease of pH while at CaCl₂ concentration of 3750–11250 ppm and at 7 < pH < 11, the gelation time increased with the increase of pH. It was found that temperature was the most effective parameter to control the gelation time.