title: A robust, one-pot synthesis of highly mechanical and recoverable double network hydrogels using thermoreversible sol-gel polysaccharide.
abstract: A new type of physically linked double-network hydrogel is synthesized by a simple, time-saving, facile, easily controlled, one-pot method. The resulting agar/polyacrylamide double-network hydrogels exhibit good mechanical properties, excellent recoverability, and a unique free-shapeable property, which makes them very promising hydrogels for load-bearing soft tissues.
authors.affiliation: School of Material Science and Engineering, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo, China.
authors.forename: Qiang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Chao
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Qiuming
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zheng
mesh_terms: D001672:Biocompatible Materials / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D019245:Compressive Strength; D055119:Elastic Modulus; D006244:Hardness; D006358:Hot Temperature; D020100:Hydrogels / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D008422:Materials Testing; D011134:Polysaccharides / Q000138:chemical synthesis*
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D020100:Hydrogels; D011134:Polysaccharides
keywords: double network hydrogels; one-pot synthesis; polysaccharides; recoverable; sol-gel