title: A Mechanically Strong, Highly Stable, Thermoplastic, and Self-Healable Supramolecular Polymer Hydrogel.
abstract: Polymerization of glycinamide-conjugated monomer alone in concentrated aqueous solution enables facile formation of a mechanically strong and a highly stable supramolecular polymer (SP) hydrogel because of the cooperatively hydrogen-bonded crosslinking and strengthening effect from dual amide motifs. This SP hydrogel exhibits thermoplastic processability, injectability, and self-reparability because of the dynamic destruction and reconstruction of hydrogen bonds in response to temperature change.
authors.affiliation: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Composite and Functional Materials, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, PR China.
authors.forename: Xiyang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Dai
authors.affiliation: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Composite and Functional Materials, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, PR China.
authors.forename: Yinyu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Research Center of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, 300193, PR China.
authors.forename: Lina
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.affiliation: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Composite and Functional Materials, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, PR China.
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bai
authors.affiliation: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Composite and Functional Materials, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, PR China.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Research Center of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, 300193, PR China.
authors.forename: Yuanlu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.affiliation: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Composite and Functional Materials, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, PR China.
authors.forename: Wenguang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Liu
keywords: high strength materials; hydrogels; hydrogen bonding; self-healing; thermoplastic materials