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Gao M, Meng Y, Shen C, Pei Q. Stiffness Variable Polymers Comprising Phase-Changing Side-Chains: Material Syntheses and Application Explorations. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2022; 34:e2109798. [PMID: 35119148 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202109798] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2021] [Revised: 01/28/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Abstract
Stiffness variable materials have been applied in a variety of engineering fields that require adaptation, automatic modulation, and morphing because of their unique property to switch between a rigid, load-bearing state and a soft, compliant state. Stiffness variable polymers comprising phase-changing side-chains (s-SVPs) have densely grafted, highly crystallizable long alkyl side-chains in a crosslinked network. Such a bottlebrush network-like structure gives rise to rigidity modulation as a result of the reversible crystallization and melting of the side chains. The corresponding modulus changes can be more than 1000-fold within a narrow temperature span, from ≈102 MPa to ≈102 kPa or lower. Other important properties of the s-SVP, such as stretchability, optical transmittance, and adhesion, can also be altered. This work reviews the underlying molecular mechanisms in the s-SVP's, discusses the material's structure-property relationship, and summarizes important applications explored so far, including reversible shape transformation, bistable electromechanical transduction, optical modulation, and reversible adhesion.
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Affiliation(s)
- Meng Gao
- Soft Materials Research Laboratory, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
- College of Light Industry Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457, China
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- Soft Materials Research Laboratory, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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- Soft Materials Research Laboratory, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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- Soft Materials Research Laboratory, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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Lan D, Liu Z, Zhou J, Xu M, Li Z, Dai F. Preparation and characterization of silk fibroin/polyethylene oxide nanofiber membranes with antibacterial activity. J Biomed Mater Res A 2021; 110:287-297. [PMID: 34369644 DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.37285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2020] [Revised: 07/17/2021] [Accepted: 07/21/2021] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Bacterial infection is among the most common diseases that threaten human health. Antibiotics are effective in treating bacterial infections. However, the overuse of antibiotics will lead to an increase in bacterial resistance. To reduce the overuse of antibiotics and improve the effective use of antibiotics through slow release, silk fibroin (SF)/polyethylene oxide (PEO) nanofiber membranes with different SF and PEO proportions were prepared by electrospinning. The ecofriendly solvent ethanol solution was used for electrospinning for better protection of antibiotic activity. The SEM showed that the surface of SF/PEO (2:8) and SF/PEO (3:7) was smoother and more uniform. With the increase of SF content, the thermal stability and hydrophilicity of SF/PEO nanofiber membranes were improved. The SF/PEO (3:7) nanofiber membrane had the best mechanical property and its maximum stress and strain were 4.6 1 ± 0.24 MPa and 16.36 ± 0.41%, respectively. Based on these good properties, SF/PEO (3:7) nanofiber membrane was chosen for loading and releasing gentamicin sulfate (GS). The fabricated (GS)/SF/PEO (3:7) nanofiber membrane exhibited good release efficiency and showed the good antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli. These investigations indicated the GS/SF/PEO (3:7) nanofiber membrane (GS/SF/PEO) has a great potential for application in antibacterial materials.
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- Dongwei Lan
- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China.,Chongqing Engineering Research Center of Biomaterial Fiber and Modern Textile, College of sericulture, textile and biomass sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China.,Chongqing Engineering Research Center of Biomaterial Fiber and Modern Textile, College of sericulture, textile and biomass sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China.,Chongqing Engineering Research Center of Biomaterial Fiber and Modern Textile, College of sericulture, textile and biomass sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China.,Chongqing Engineering Research Center of Biomaterial Fiber and Modern Textile, College of sericulture, textile and biomass sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China.,Chongqing Engineering Research Center of Biomaterial Fiber and Modern Textile, College of sericulture, textile and biomass sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China.,Chongqing Engineering Research Center of Biomaterial Fiber and Modern Textile, College of sericulture, textile and biomass sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, China.,Key Laboratory of Sericultural Biology and Genetic Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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Ikehara T, Kataoka T. Diverse morphological formations and lamellar dimensions of poly(ε-caprolactone) crystals in the monolayers grafted onto solid substrates. POLYMER 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2017.01.071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Zoppe JO, Ataman NC, Mocny P, Wang J, Moraes J, Klok HA. Surface-Initiated Controlled Radical Polymerization: State-of-the-Art, Opportunities, and Challenges in Surface and Interface Engineering with Polymer Brushes. Chem Rev 2017; 117:1105-1318. [PMID: 28135076 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.6b00314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 598] [Impact Index Per Article: 85.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The generation of polymer brushes by surface-initiated controlled radical polymerization (SI-CRP) techniques has become a powerful approach to tailor the chemical and physical properties of interfaces and has given rise to great advances in surface and interface engineering. Polymer brushes are defined as thin polymer films in which the individual polymer chains are tethered by one chain end to a solid interface. Significant advances have been made over the past years in the field of polymer brushes. This includes novel developments in SI-CRP, as well as the emergence of novel applications such as catalysis, electronics, nanomaterial synthesis and biosensing. Additionally, polymer brushes prepared via SI-CRP have been utilized to modify the surface of novel substrates such as natural fibers, polymer nanofibers, mesoporous materials, graphene, viruses and protein nanoparticles. The last years have also seen exciting advances in the chemical and physical characterization of polymer brushes, as well as an ever increasing set of computational and simulation tools that allow understanding and predictions of these surface-grafted polymer architectures. The aim of this contribution is to provide a comprehensive review that critically assesses recent advances in the field and highlights the opportunities and challenges for future work.
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- Justin O Zoppe
- Institut des Matériaux and Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, Laboratoire des Polymères Bâtiment MXD, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) , Station 12 CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institut des Matériaux and Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, Laboratoire des Polymères Bâtiment MXD, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) , Station 12 CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institut des Matériaux and Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, Laboratoire des Polymères Bâtiment MXD, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) , Station 12 CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institut des Matériaux and Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, Laboratoire des Polymères Bâtiment MXD, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) , Station 12 CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institut des Matériaux and Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, Laboratoire des Polymères Bâtiment MXD, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) , Station 12 CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institut des Matériaux and Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, Laboratoire des Polymères Bâtiment MXD, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) , Station 12 CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Desseaux S, Hinestrosa JP, Schüwer N, Lokitz BS, Ankner JF, Kilbey SM, Voitchovsky K, Klok HA. Swelling Behavior and Nanomechanical Properties of (Peptide-Modified) Poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) and Poly(poly(ethylene glycol) methacrylate) Brushes. Macromolecules 2016. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.6b00881] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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- Solenne Desseaux
- Institut
des Matériaux et Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie
Chimiques, Laboratoire des Polymères, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Bâtiment MXD, Station 12, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institut
des Matériaux et Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie
Chimiques, Laboratoire des Polymères, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Bâtiment MXD, Station 12, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institut
des Matériaux et Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie
Chimiques, Laboratoire des Polymères, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Bâtiment MXD, Station 12, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Departments of Chemistry and Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-1600, United States
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- Department
of Physics, Durham University, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, U.K
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- Institut
des Matériaux et Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie
Chimiques, Laboratoire des Polymères, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Bâtiment MXD, Station 12, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Liu M, Leroux JC, Gauthier MA. Conformation–function relationships for the comb-shaped polymer pOEGMA. Prog Polym Sci 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2015.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Chaurasia SK, Shalu S, Gupta AK, Verma YL, Singh VK, Tripathi AK, Saroj AL, Singh RK. Role of ionic liquid [BMIMPF6] in modifying the crystallization kinetics behavior of the polymer electrolyte PEO-LiClO4. RSC Adv 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c4ra12951b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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We report the modification in crystallization kinetics behavior of PEO + 10 wt% LiClO4 polymer electrolyte by the addition of an ionic liquid 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate (BMIMPF6).
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- S. K. Chaurasia
- Department of Physics
- Banaras Hindu University
- Varanasi-221005
- India
- Department of Physics and Astrophysics
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- Department of Physics
- Banaras Hindu University
- Varanasi-221005
- India
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- Department of Physics
- Banaras Hindu University
- Varanasi-221005
- India
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- Department of Physics
- Banaras Hindu University
- Varanasi-221005
- India
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- Department of Physics
- Banaras Hindu University
- Varanasi-221005
- India
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- Department of Physics
- Banaras Hindu University
- Varanasi-221005
- India
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- Department of Physics
- Banaras Hindu University
- Varanasi-221005
- India
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- Department of Physics
- Banaras Hindu University
- Varanasi-221005
- India
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Zhou B, Tong ZZ, Huang J, Xu JT, Fan ZQ. Isothermal crystallization kinetics of multi-walled carbon nanotubes-graft-poly(ε-caprolactone) with high grafting degrees. CrystEngComm 2013. [DOI: 10.1039/c3ce40606g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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