Flexible,adhesive, strain-sensitive,and skin-matchable hydrogel strain sensors for human motion and handwritten signal monitoring

Flexible hydrogel strain sensors have made great progress in medical applications, human motion detection, and human-machine interactions. However, the design of hydrogels to realize the synergistic responses of excellent mechanical properties, robust adhesion, and stable sensing is still a highly challenging task. Herein, we report a multifunctional hydrogel (PAMT hydrogel) by crosslinking acrylic acid (AA), 2-methacryloyloxyethyl phosphorylcholine (MPC) and tannic acid (TA) to form a polymer network via a simple one-pot free radical polymerization. Among them, the dynamic bonding with hydrogen bonding between PAA chains and TA significantly improved the stretch ability of the hydrogels (700%), and the abundant catechol groups on TA endowed the hydrogels with strong and stable adhesion properties (the adhesion strength to glass reached 248 N m⁻¹). When applied to human skin, the hydrogel can be easily peeled off without leaving any residue. Furthermore, the strain sensor assembled using PAMT hydrogel could not only effectively detect the movement in different parts of the human body, but also be used for precise handwritten recognition and electric skin of silicone prosthetic hand. Due to the addition of MPC and TA, the conductive hydrogel has good biocompatibility and no harm to human body. Therefore, PAMT hydrogel has opened up a new vision for the development of intelligent detection and bionic intelligent robots.     

多次溶剂萃取-气相色谱/串联质谱法测定热熔胶中的多环芳烃

建立了热熔胶中16种多环芳烃( PAHs)的多次溶剂萃取-气相色谱/串联质谱测定方法。详细研究了样品的萃取条件、净化条件和气相色谱/串联质谱测定条件,并与气相色谱-质谱法进行了对比。样品以10 mL正己烷为萃取溶剂,于60℃超声萃取20 min,萃取液依次经冷冻后离心、二甲基亚砜萃取2次、正己烷反萃取2次进行净化,得到的净化液以气相色谱/串联质谱法多反应监测( MRM)模式进行检测。本方法的线性相关系数( R2)均大于0.9969,检出限为1.0~10μg/kg,精密度小于6.3%,16种PAHs的加标回收率为80.4%~117.6%。考察了串联质谱检测的基质效应,发现基质效应不明显。本方法检出限优于气相色谱-质谱法(23~94μg/kg),并能增加定性和定量分析的准确性。本方法灵敏、准确可靠,满足热熔胶中PAHs测试要求。     

Localisation and quantification of potential binding sites for compatibilisers on soft‐ and hardwood in wood–plastic composite systems

Chemical force microscopy (CFM) was used to characterise the surface of pine and beefwood with atomic force microscopy (AFM) tips coated with different compatibilisers. With the resulting force images, potential binding sites for compatibilisers, used in wood–plastic composites (WPC) to enhance adhesion between two relatively incompatible phases, were localised and quantified. Tips were coated with two commercially available polymers namely ethylene vinyl alcohol (EVOH) and polyethylene‐grafted maleic anhydride (PE‐g‐MA). It could be observed that the interaction forces between the EVOH coated tip and the wood surface was highly species sensitive, whereas adhesive forces measured between the PE‐g‐MA coated tip and the wood surface were comparable for both wood species. The force maps show that wood species differ in the distribution of functional groups, and the force histograms show that the frequency distribution of the adhesive forces varied for the two wood species. The adhesive force maps clearly show a difference between wood/compatibiliser systems, and the differences can be related to the chemical composition of the wood species. The results confirm that not all compatibilisers are equally suitable for all wood species and these results were confirmed by mechanical tensile tests of WPC systems in a related study. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

仿贻贝粘性高分子的应用进展

海洋贻贝类生物的足丝分泌蛋白几乎能够在所有基底材料上实现高强度、高韧性的粘附,且不受水或者潮湿环境影响。这种环境友好、条件温和的高效生物粘附剂引起了研究人员的兴趣,尤其在粘附机理和应用前景方面更是研究人员关注的重点。大量研究表明,贻贝超强的粘附能力与其分泌的粘附蛋白中高含量的3,4-二羟基苯丙氨酸(多巴,DOPA)单元相关。受贻贝粘附蛋白的启发,人们研究发现,多巴胺(DA)分子具有与之相似的官能团,聚合后有相似分子结构,使用聚多巴胺替代聚多巴,可以在基体表面达到相似的粘附性能。本文简单介绍了仿贻贝粘性物质中的代表多巴胺自聚合形成聚多巴胺(PDA)与粘附机理,并重点介绍了近年来DOPA衍生物在表面改性、催化、生物防污及生物医学领域的应用和前景。     

The influence of soft segments on some properties of new transparent segmented polyurethanes

This work describes the synthesis and structure of the new segmented polyurethanes (SPURs) formed from an aliphatic diisocyanate [1,1′‐methanediylbis(4‐isocyanatocyclohexane] (Desmodur W^®) and unconventional sulfur‐containing chain extender [2,2′‐methylenebis([4,1‐phenylene]methylenesulfanediyl)diethanol]. Soft segments were poly(oxytetramethylene)diol of  = 1000 g/mol (PTMO) or poly(hexametylene carbonate)diol of  = 860 g/mol (PHCD). For all the polymers, the structure, physicochemical, thermal, and mechanical properties were determined. In addition, for selected polymers, optical properties (refractive index and transparency), adhesive properties, and antimicrobial activity were also determined. The type and amount of soft segment used for the synthesis of SPURs had a significant effect on the properties of the polymers. SPURs from PHCD are characterized by higher glass transition temperatures, molar masses, hardness (up to 91/50°Sh in scale A/D), and tensile strengths (up to 36.5 MPa) but lower elongations at break compared with the SPURs with PTMO. The tests of adhesion and optical properties showed that the PHCD‐based SPUR was characterized by higher value of refractive index, transparency, and more than three times the adhesive strength than the PTMO‐based SPUR. Antimicrobial activity studies showed that the SPUR presence in the medium inhibited proliferation of both Gram‐positive and Gram‐negative bacteria. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

(Mini)emulsion Polymerization: Effect of the Segregation Degree on Polymer Architecture

A continuous loop reactor was used for the production of 2‐ethylhexyl acrylate (2‐EHA), methyl methacrylate (MMA) and acrylic acid (AA) pressure sensitive adhesive by both emulsion and miniemulsion polymerization. Similar high monomer conversions were achieved in both processes, but striking differences in polymer architecture were found. A mathematical model was used to analyze these differences concluding that because the costabilizer suppressed monomer diffusion from miniemulsion droplets, the average polymer concentration in the polymerization loci was lower in the miniemulsion process. This resulted in less chain transfer to polymer, and hence in lower sol molecular weight and gel content.

     

The application of reed-vibration mechanical spectroscopy for liquids to detect chemical reactions of an acrylic structural adhesive

There remain a number of unsolved problems about chemical reactions, and it is significant to explore new detection methods because they always offer some unique information about reactions from new points of view. For the first time, the solidification course of a modified two-component acrylic structural adhesive is measured by using reed-vibration mechanical spectroscopy for liquids （RMS-L） in this work, and results show that there are four sequential processes of mechanical spectra with time. The in-depth analyses indicate that RMS-L can detect in real-time the generation and disappearance of active free radicals, as well as the chemical cross-link processes in the adhesive. This kind of real-time detection will undoubtedly facilitate the study of the chemical reaction dynamics controlled by free radicals.     

The Effect of Polymer Microstructure and Thermal Post-Treatment on Latex-Based Pressure Sensitive Adhesive Performance

Summary: Butyl acrylate/acrylic acid/2-hydroxyl methacrylate (BA/AA/HEMA, weight ratio: 96/2/2) latexes were produced via starved seeded semi-batch emulsion polymerization. The microstructure of the latex polymers was controlled by varying the amount of chain transfer agent (1-dodecanethiol). The latexes were characterized for gel content, M_c (molecular weight between two adjacent cross-linking points), M_w (molecular weight of sol polymers) and M_e (molecular weight between entanglements). From these latexes, PSA films were cast, dried, conditioned and then thermally post-treated at 120 °C to react the carboxyl and hydroxyl groups from the AA and HEMA units. Tack, peel strength and shear strength of the PSA films were then measured. The thermal post-treatment was shown to be an effective way to improve latex-based PSA performance. The effectiveness of the post-treatment was observed to depend on the polymer microstructure (M_c relative to M_e relative to M_w) of the untreated latex-based PSAs and on the gel content.     

直接衍生/高效液相色谱法分析水基胶中羰基化合物

建立了直接衍生/高效液相色谱分析水基胶中8种痕量羰基化合物(甲醛、乙醛、丙酮、丙烯醛、丙醛、丁烯醛、2-丁酮和丁醛)的方法.对影响分析效率的因素进行了考察,确定最佳衍生条件为:水基胶样品与2,4-二硝基苯肼衍生剂在40℃下反应20 min;最佳色谱分析条件为:采用DIONEX Acclaim Explosives E2...