title: A self-healing hydrogel formation strategy via exploiting endothermic interactions between polyelectrolytes.
abstract: We report a strategy to synthesize self-healing hydrogels via exploiting endothermic interactions between polyelectrolytes. Natural polysaccharides and their derivatives were used to form reversible polyelectrolyte complexes by selecting appropriately charged chemical groups and counterions. This simple and effective method to fabricate self-healing hydrogels will find applications in diverse fields such as surface coating and 3D printing.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Biomedical Materials Engineering, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, P. R. China. xiehg@dicp.ac.cn yuwt@dicp.ac.cn.
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ren
authors.forename: Ruyun
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lou
authors.forename: Xiaocen
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Meng
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Huizhen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Ting
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Hongguo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Weiting
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Xiaojun
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Ma