Manipulating the mechanical properties of biomimetic hydrogels with multivalent host-guest interactions. 2019

Boguang Yang, and Zi Wei, and Xiaoyu Chen, and Kongchang Wei, and Liming Bian
Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. lbian@cuhk.edu.hk.

Biomimetic hydrogels with hierarchical network structures are promising biomaterials for tissue engineering due to their unique mechanical properties. One successful biomimetic strategy for facile construction of high-performance hydrogels is to incorporate reversible crosslinks as sacrificial bonds into chemical polymer networks. By mimicking the unfolding-refolding functions of the skeletal muscle protein titin, the reversible crosslinks can reinforce the otherwise weak and brittle hydrogels. However, the contribution of multivalent reversible crosslinks to the overall hydrogel mechanical properties has rarely been investigated. Herein we present the biomimetic hydrogels with multivalent host-guest interactions as reversible crosslinks, which provide not only energy storage capacity, but also elevated energy dissipation capacity to the dually crosslinked networks, therefore leading to the improved hydrogel ductility and tensile strength. Our results also reveal the manner of multivalent host-guest crosslinks contributing to the hydrogel mechanical properties, including gelation rate, energy storage and dissipation, tensile hysteresis, and fast spontaneous recovery.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D020100 Hydrogels Water swollen, rigid, 3-dimensional network of cross-linked, hydrophilic macromolecules, 20-95% water. They are used in paints, printing inks, foodstuffs, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics. (Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed) Hydrogel,In Situ Hydrogel,In Situ Hydrogels,Patterned Hydrogel,Patterned Hydrogels,Hydrogel, In Situ,Hydrogel, Patterned
D023822 Tissue Engineering Generating tissue in vitro for clinical applications, such as replacing wounded tissues or impaired organs. The use of TISSUE SCAFFOLDING enables the generation of complex multi-layered tissues and tissue structures. Engineering, Tissue
D032701 Biomimetics An interdisciplinary field in materials science, ENGINEERING, and BIOLOGY, studying the use of biological principles for synthesis or fabrication of BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS. Mimetics, Biological,Bio-inspired Engineering,Biomimicry Engineering,Biomimicry Science,Bio inspired Engineering,Bio-inspired Engineerings,Biological Mimetic,Biological Mimetics,Biomimetic,Biomimicry Engineerings,Biomimicry Sciences,Engineering, Bio-inspired,Engineering, Biomimicry,Engineerings, Bio-inspired,Engineerings, Biomimicry,Mimetic, Biological,Science, Biomimicry,Sciences, Biomimicry

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