| Literature DB >> 26425825 |
Koshiro Sato1, Tasuku Nakajima2, Toshiyuki Hisamatsu1, Takayuki Nonoyama2, Takayuki Kurokawa2, Jian Ping Gong2.
Abstract
Novel, tough, strong, and self-healable poly-acrylamide (PAAm) gels are fabricated by inducing an appropriate phase-separation structure using a poor solvent. The phase separation induces a gel-glass-like transition of the PAAm gels, providing the gels an anomalously high modulus (211 MPa), fracture stress (7.13 MPa), and fracture energy (4.16 × 10(4) J m(-2)), while keeping a high solvent content (≈60 vol%).Entities:
Keywords: phase separation; polymer gels; sacrificial bonds; self-healing; toughening
Year: 2015 PMID: 26425825 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201502967
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Adv Mater ISSN: 0935-9648 Impact factor: 30.849