title: Self-healable macro-/microscopic shape memory hydrogels based on supramolecular interactions.
abstract: A simple strategy is provided to construct novel supramolecular hydrogels with both self-healing and shape memory properties. Starting from achieving self-healable hydrogel based on the dynamic interactions of phenylboronic acid modified sodium alginate (Alg-PBA) and poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA), further formation of a complex of alginate with Ca(2+) renders this hydrogel with the capability of shape memory at the macro-/microscopic scales.
authors.affiliation: Division of Polymer and Composite Materials, Ningbo Institute of Material Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Science, Ningbo 315201, China. zhangjiawei@nimte.ac.cn tao.chen@nimte.ac.cn.
authors.forename: Hao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Meng
authors.forename: Peng
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.forename: Jincui
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.forename: Xiufang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wen
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Chuanzhuang
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Jiawei
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Chen