Stiff, strong, tough, and highly stretchable hydrogels based on dual stimuli-responsive semicrystalline poly(urethane–urea) copolymers

There has been a considerable interest in developing stiff, strong, tough, and highly stretchable hydrogels in various fields of science and technology including biomedical and sensing applications. However, simultaneous optimization of stiffness, strength, toughness, and extensibility is a challeng...

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Autores: Candau, Nicolas|||0000-0002-1559-8696, Stoclet, Grégory, Tahon, Jean-François, Demongeot, Adrien, Schouwink, Pascal, Yilgor, Emel, Yilgor, Iskender, Menceloglu, Yusuf Z., Oguz, Oguzhan
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/393213
https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsapm.1c00969
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Biomedical materials
Poly(urethane-urea)
Poly(ethylene oxide)
Stimuli-responsiveness
Shape memory
Hydrogels toughening
Materials biomèdics
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria dels materials
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spelling Stiff, strong, tough, and highly stretchable hydrogels based on dual stimuli-responsive semicrystalline poly(urethane–urea) copolymersCandau, Nicolas|||0000-0002-1559-8696Stoclet, GrégoryTahon, Jean-FrançoisDemongeot, AdrienSchouwink, PascalYilgor, EmelYilgor, IskenderMenceloglu, Yusuf Z.Oguz, OguzhanBiomedical materialsPoly(urethane-urea)Poly(ethylene oxide)Stimuli-responsivenessShape memoryHydrogels tougheningMaterials biomèdicsÀrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria dels materialsThere has been a considerable interest in developing stiff, strong, tough, and highly stretchable hydrogels in various fields of science and technology including biomedical and sensing applications. However, simultaneous optimization of stiffness, strength, toughness, and extensibility is a challenge for any material, and hydrogels are well-known to be mechanically weak materials. Here, we demonstrate that poly(ethylene oxide)-based dual stimuli-responsive semicrystalline poly(urethane–urea) (PU) copolymers with high hard segment contents (30 and 40%) can be utilized as stiff, strong, tough, and highly stretchable hydrogels with an elastic modulus (4–10 MPa) tens to hundreds of times higher than that of conventional hydrogels (0.01–0.1 MPa), strength (7–13 MPa) and toughness (53–74 MJ·m–3) fairly comparable to those of the toughest hydrogels reported in the literature, and stretchability beyond 10 times their initial length (1000–1250%). In addition, the shape-memory program has been used to tune the room temperature stiffness and strength of the studied PU copolymers. Finally, the materials show fast shape recovery (less than 10 s) during both heat- and water-activated shape memory cycles, which can be adjusted by a simple modulation of the hard segment content and/or soft segment molecular weight. Our findings may be of interest in emerging biomedical and sensing applications.Peer ReviewedAmerican Chemical Society (ACS)20212021-11-1220232023-09-07journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501AMhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_ab4af688f83e57aainfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2117/393213https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsapm.1c00969reponame:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPCinstname:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/3932132026-05-27T15:37:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Stiff, strong, tough, and highly stretchable hydrogels based on dual stimuli-responsive semicrystalline poly(urethane–urea) copolymers
title Stiff, strong, tough, and highly stretchable hydrogels based on dual stimuli-responsive semicrystalline poly(urethane–urea) copolymers
spellingShingle Stiff, strong, tough, and highly stretchable hydrogels based on dual stimuli-responsive semicrystalline poly(urethane–urea) copolymers
Candau, Nicolas|||0000-0002-1559-8696
Biomedical materials
Poly(urethane-urea)
Poly(ethylene oxide)
Stimuli-responsiveness
Shape memory
Hydrogels toughening
Materials biomèdics
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria dels materials
title_short Stiff, strong, tough, and highly stretchable hydrogels based on dual stimuli-responsive semicrystalline poly(urethane–urea) copolymers
title_full Stiff, strong, tough, and highly stretchable hydrogels based on dual stimuli-responsive semicrystalline poly(urethane–urea) copolymers
title_fullStr Stiff, strong, tough, and highly stretchable hydrogels based on dual stimuli-responsive semicrystalline poly(urethane–urea) copolymers
title_full_unstemmed Stiff, strong, tough, and highly stretchable hydrogels based on dual stimuli-responsive semicrystalline poly(urethane–urea) copolymers
title_sort Stiff, strong, tough, and highly stretchable hydrogels based on dual stimuli-responsive semicrystalline poly(urethane–urea) copolymers
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Candau, Nicolas|||0000-0002-1559-8696
Stoclet, Grégory
Tahon, Jean-François
Demongeot, Adrien
Schouwink, Pascal
Yilgor, Emel
Yilgor, Iskender
Menceloglu, Yusuf Z.
Oguz, Oguzhan
author Candau, Nicolas|||0000-0002-1559-8696
author_facet Candau, Nicolas|||0000-0002-1559-8696
Stoclet, Grégory
Tahon, Jean-François
Demongeot, Adrien
Schouwink, Pascal
Yilgor, Emel
Yilgor, Iskender
Menceloglu, Yusuf Z.
Oguz, Oguzhan
author_role author
author2 Stoclet, Grégory
Tahon, Jean-François
Demongeot, Adrien
Schouwink, Pascal
Yilgor, Emel
Yilgor, Iskender
Menceloglu, Yusuf Z.
Oguz, Oguzhan
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Biomedical materials
Poly(urethane-urea)
Poly(ethylene oxide)
Stimuli-responsiveness
Shape memory
Hydrogels toughening
Materials biomèdics
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria dels materials
topic Biomedical materials
Poly(urethane-urea)
Poly(ethylene oxide)
Stimuli-responsiveness
Shape memory
Hydrogels toughening
Materials biomèdics
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria dels materials
description There has been a considerable interest in developing stiff, strong, tough, and highly stretchable hydrogels in various fields of science and technology including biomedical and sensing applications. However, simultaneous optimization of stiffness, strength, toughness, and extensibility is a challenge for any material, and hydrogels are well-known to be mechanically weak materials. Here, we demonstrate that poly(ethylene oxide)-based dual stimuli-responsive semicrystalline poly(urethane–urea) (PU) copolymers with high hard segment contents (30 and 40%) can be utilized as stiff, strong, tough, and highly stretchable hydrogels with an elastic modulus (4–10 MPa) tens to hundreds of times higher than that of conventional hydrogels (0.01–0.1 MPa), strength (7–13 MPa) and toughness (53–74 MJ·m–3) fairly comparable to those of the toughest hydrogels reported in the literature, and stretchability beyond 10 times their initial length (1000–1250%). In addition, the shape-memory program has been used to tune the room temperature stiffness and strength of the studied PU copolymers. Finally, the materials show fast shape recovery (less than 10 s) during both heat- and water-activated shape memory cycles, which can be adjusted by a simple modulation of the hard segment content and/or soft segment molecular weight. Our findings may be of interest in emerging biomedical and sensing applications.
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2021-11-12
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