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Hu J, Zhang D, Li W, Li Y, Shan G, Zuo M, Song Y, Wu Z, Ma L, Zheng Q, Du M. Construction of a Soft Antifouling PAA/PSBMA Hydrogel Coating with High Toughness and Low Swelling through the Dynamic Coordination Bonding Provided by Al(OH) 3 Nanoparticles. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2024; 16:6433-6446. [PMID: 38289030 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c17580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2024]
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Marine biofouling, resulting from the adhesion of marine organisms to ship surfaces, has long been a significant issue in the maritime industry. In this paper, we focused on utilizing soft and hydrophilic hydrogels as a potential approach for antifouling (AF) coatings. Acrylic acid (AA) with a polyelectrolyte effect and N-(3-sulfopropyl)-N-(methacryloxyethyl)-N,N-dimethylammonium betaine (SBMA) with an antipolyelectrolyte effect were selected as monomers. By adjusting the monomer ratio, we were able to create hydrogel coatings that exhibited low swelling ratio in both fresh water and seawater. The Al(OH)3 nanoparticle, as a physical cross-linker, provided better mechanical properties (higher tensile strength and larger elongation at break) than the chemical cross-linker through the dynamic coordination bonds and plentiful hydrogen bonds. Additionally, we incorporated trehalose into the hydrogel, enabling the repair of the hydrogel network through covalent-like hydrogen bonding. The zwitterion compound SBMA endowed the hydrogel with excellent AF performance. It was found that the highest SBMA content did not lead to the best antibacterial performance, as bacterial adhesion quantity was also influenced by the charge of the hydrogel. The hydrogel with appropriate SBMA content being close to electrical neutrality exhibits the strongest zwitterionic property of PSBMA chains, resulting in the best antibacterial adhesion performance. Furthermore, the pronounced hydrophilicity of SBMA enhanced the lubrication of the hydrogel surface, thereby reducing the friction resistance when applied to the hull surface during ship navigation.
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- Jinpeng Hu
- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- Hangzhou Applied Acoustics Research Institute, Hangzhou 310023, China
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- Institute of Zhejiang University-Quzhou, Quzhou 324000, China
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- Institute of Zhejiang University-Quzhou, Quzhou 324000, China
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
- Key Laboratory of Reproductive Dysfunction Management of Zhejiang Province, Assisted Reproduction Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310016, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
- Shanxi-Zheda Institute of Advanced Materials and Chemical Engineering, Taiyuan 030000, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
- Shanxi-Zheda Institute of Advanced Materials and Chemical Engineering, Taiyuan 030000, China
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Rasouli S, Moghbeli MR, Nikkhah SJ. A deep insight into the polystyrene chain in cyclohexane at theta temperature: molecular dynamics simulation and quantum chemical calculations. J Mol Model 2019; 25:195. [DOI: 10.1007/s00894-019-4078-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2018] [Accepted: 05/28/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Yashima S, Hirayama S, Kurokawa T, Salez T, Takefuji H, Hong W, Gong JP. Shearing-induced contact pattern formation in hydrogels sliding in polymer solution. SOFT MATTER 2019; 15:1953-1959. [PMID: 30693357 DOI: 10.1039/c8sm02428f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The contact of a hydrogel during the rotational shearing on a glass surface in concentrated polymer solution was observed in situ. Dynamic contact patterns that rotate in-phase with the rotational shearing of the gel were observed for the first time. The contact patterns with a periodicity in the circumferential direction appeared and became fine with the shearing time. The patterns appeared more quickly at an elevated sliding velocity, polymer concentration, and normal pressure. Furthermore, the softness of the gel also substantially influenced the characteristics of the patterns. The pattern formation was discussed in terms of the non-linear rheology of the polymer solution at the rotational soft interface.
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- Shintaro Yashima
- Grad. School of Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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Zhao X, Liang J, Shan G, Pan P. High strength of hybrid double-network hydrogels imparted by inter-network ionic bonds. J Mater Chem B 2019; 7:324-333. [DOI: 10.1039/c8tb02803f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Interaction between networks has been proven to be of importance for mechanical property enhancement of double-network (DN) hydrogels.
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- Xiaoyan Zhao
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering
- Zhejiang University
- Hangzhou 310027
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering
- Zhejiang University
- Hangzhou 310027
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering
- Zhejiang University
- Hangzhou 310027
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering
- Zhejiang University
- Hangzhou 310027
- China
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Shen J, Du M, Wu Z, Song Y, Zheng Q. Strategy to construct polyzwitterionic hydrogel coating with antifouling, drag-reducing and weak swelling performance. RSC Adv 2019; 9:2081-2091. [PMID: 35516104 PMCID: PMC9059740 DOI: 10.1039/c8ra09358j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2018] [Accepted: 01/08/2019] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Biological fouling, where marine microorganisms attach densely to various submerged surfaces, has been a serious economic problem worldwide. Different from most antifouling approaches based on stiff and solid materials or coatings, a soft and wet coating composed of zwitterionic polymer was prepared in this paper. With the combination of the anti-polyelectrolyte effect of poly-N-(3-sulfopropyl)-N-(methacryloxyethyl)-N,N-dimethylammonium betaine (PSBMA) and the typical polyelectrolyte effect of polyacrylic acid (PAA), a bicomponent hydrogel coating with weak swelling in saline solution was achieved, which could avoid peeling from solid substrates. The bicomponent hydrogel coating showed strong tensile properties and good compression performance and slipperiness. Although the large Young's modulus of the coating relatively weakens the drag reduction effect, entering the mixed lubrication region in low sliding rate is easy and a low friction coefficient at a high rate could thus be obtained. With the aid of silane coupling agent and weak deformation in water and saline solution, the hydrogel coating could be bound tightly on solid surfaces. After strong sandy water abrasion, the bicomponent hydrogel coating could maintain its original state without any cracks and peeling. The hydrogel coating exhibits good anti-bacterial adhesion and anti-protein adsorption. The bicomponent zwitterionic hydrogel coating reported here provides a new strategy for marine antifouling and drag reduction studies. Polyzwitterionic hydrogel coatings with weak swelling behavior and strong mechanical properties were prepared and exhibited excellent antifouling and drag-reducing performances.![]()
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- Jiajia Shen
- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization
- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering
- Zhejiang University
- Hangzhou 310027
- China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization
- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering
- Zhejiang University
- Hangzhou 310027
- China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization
- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering
- Zhejiang University
- Hangzhou 310027
- China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization
- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering
- Zhejiang University
- Hangzhou 310027
- China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization
- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering
- Zhejiang University
- Hangzhou 310027
- China
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Su H, Wang X, Du M, Song Y, Zheng Q. Boundary lubricating properties of hydrophobically modified polyacrylamide. RSC Adv 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c5ra24777b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Intermolecular association rather than the robust adsorption layer plays a significant role in boundary lubrication.
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- Heng Su
- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization
- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering
- Zhejiang University
- Hangzhou
- China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization
- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering
- Zhejiang University
- Hangzhou
- China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization
- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering
- Zhejiang University
- Hangzhou
- China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization
- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering
- Zhejiang University
- Hangzhou
- China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization
- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering
- Zhejiang University
- Hangzhou
- China
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Wang X, Du M, Han H, Song Y, Zheng Q. Boundary lubrication by associative mucin. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2015; 31:4733-40. [PMID: 25843576 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b00604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Mucus lubricants are widely distributed in living organisms. Such lubricants consist of a gel structure constructed by associative mucin. However, limited tribological studies exist on associative mucin fluids. The present research is the first to investigate the frictional behavior of a typical intact vertebrate mucin (loach skin mucin), which can recover the gel structure of mucus via hydrophobic association under physiological conditions (5-10 mg/mL loach skin mucin dissolved in water). Both rough hydrophobic and hydrophilic polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) rubber plates were used as friction substrates. Up to 10 mg/mL loach skin mucin dissolved in water led to a 10-fold reduction in boundary friction of the two substrates. The boundary-lubricating ability for hydrophilic PDMS decreased with rubbing time, whereas that for hydrophobic PDMS remained constant. The boundary-lubricating abilities of the mucin on hydrophobic PDMS and hydrophilic PDMS showed almost similar responses toward changing concentration or sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS). The mucin fluids reduced boundary friction coefficients (μ) only at concentrations (c) in which intermucin associations were formed, with a relationship shown as μ ∼ c(-0.7). Destroying intermucin associations by SDS largely impaired the boundary-lubricating ability. Results reveal for the first time that intermolecular association of intact mucin in bulk solution largely enhances boundary lubrication, whereas tightly adsorbed layer plays a minor role in the lubrication. This study indicates that associated mucin should contribute considerably to the lubricating ability of biological mucus in vivo.
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- Xiang Wang
- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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Li X, Wu C, Yang Q, Long S, Wu C. Low-velocity super-lubrication of sodium-alginate/polyacrylamide ionic-covalent hybrid double-network hydrogels. SOFT MATTER 2015; 11:3022-3033. [PMID: 25735912 DOI: 10.1039/c4sm02783c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Structural and frictional behaviours of sodium alginate (SA)/polyacrylamide (PAAm) ionic-covalent hybrid, sequential double-network (DN) hydrogels against glass have been investigated in water, NaCl and CaCl2 aqueous solutions using a rotational rheometer. Dilution of adsorptive elastohydrodynamic friction for the PAAm covalent network with repulsive hydrodynamic lubrication for the minor SA ionic network was found to control the frictional stresses of the SA/PAAm gels within between those of the SA and PAAm single-network gels. A tentative qualitative model was proposed to describe the impact of ionic environmental solution on the frictional behaviour of the hybrid gel by selectively affecting the SA-network structure and friction. It was revealed that strong Debye shielding in the NaCl solution significantly reduced the thickness of the electric double layer for hydrodynamic lubrication of the SA network, which made the SA/PAAm gel's friction the highest among the three solutions. Dramatically increased ionic cross-linking of the SA network in the CaCl2 solution, although effectively mediated by the PAAm-network flexible skeleton, still functioned partially to conserve a portion of the SA fractional boundary-friction at the interface, making the friction of the hybrid gel intermediate among the three solutions. In contrast, extreme hydration of the SA network in water sharply increased the volume fraction of its unshielded hydrodynamic lubrication at the interface, which greatly reduced the SA/PAAm's friction to the lowest among the three solutions. We have thus incorporated for the first time both super-lubrication (frictional coefficients of below 10(-2) over low sliding-velocities of 3 × 10(-5) to 2 × 10(-3) m s(-1)) and previously reported high fracture energy (over 9000 J m(-2)) into a single ionic-covalent hybrid DN hydrogel, which is the SA/PAAm (∼1/8.5 w/w) gel in water. Effects of inversion of DN-formation sequence further indicated that frictional behaviours (i.e. frictional stress-sliding velocity profiles) of the hybrid sequential DN hydrogels (SA/PAAm and PAAm/SA), respectively, were primarily determined by those of the second networks (PAAm and SA), presumably due to the formation of first-second network "core-shell" structures at the blob scale. Frictional stress of the SA/PAAm gel was increased monotonically with external normal pressure at all of the sliding velocities investigated in the three solutions, which was in agreement with the predictions from the repulsion-adsorption model proposed by Gong et al.
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- Xuefeng Li
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan, Hubei Province 430068, P. R. China.
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Li XF, Chen Q, Jiang C. Friction of double-network hydrogels against glass substrate in poly(vinyl alcohol) aqueous solution. POLYM INT 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/pi.4696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Xue-Feng Li
- School of Materials Science and Engineering; Hubei University of Technology; Wuhan Hubei 430068 PR China
- Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory of Green Materials for Light Industry; Hubei University of Technology; Wuhan Hubei 430068 PR China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering; Hubei University of Technology; Wuhan Hubei 430068 PR China
- Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory of Green Materials for Light Industry; Hubei University of Technology; Wuhan Hubei 430068 PR China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering; Hubei University of Technology; Wuhan Hubei 430068 PR China
- Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory of Green Materials for Light Industry; Hubei University of Technology; Wuhan Hubei 430068 PR China
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Yashima S, Takase N, Kurokawa T, Gong JP. Friction of hydrogels with controlled surface roughness on solid flat substrates. SOFT MATTER 2014; 10:3192-3199. [PMID: 24718724 DOI: 10.1039/c3sm52883a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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This study investigated the effect of hydrogel surface roughness on its sliding friction against a solid substrate having modestly adhesive interaction with hydrogels under small normal pressure in water. The friction test was performed between bulk polyacrylamide hydrogels of varied surface roughness and a smooth glass substrate by using a strain-controlled rheometer with parallel-plates geometry. At small pressure (normal strain 1.4-3.6%), the flat surface gel showed a poor reproducibility in friction. In contrast, the gels with a surface roughness of 1-10 μm order showed well reproducible friction behaviors and their frictional stress was larger than that of the flat surface hydrogel. Furthermore, the flat gel showed an elasto-hydrodynamic transition while the rough gels showed a monotonous decrease of friction with velocity. The difference between the flat surface and the rough surface diminished with the increase of the normal pressure. These phenomena are associated with the different contact behaviors of these soft hydrogels in liquid, as revealed by the observation of the interface using a confocal laser microscope.
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- Shintaro Yashima
- Graduate School of Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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Erk KA, Martin JD, Hu YT, Shull KR. Extreme strain localization and sliding friction in physically associating polymer gels. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2012; 28:4472-4478. [PMID: 22300309 DOI: 10.1021/la204592r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Model physically associating gels deformed in shear over a wide range of reduced rates displayed evidence of strain localization. The nonlinear stress responses and inhomogeneous velocity profiles observed during shear rheometry coupled with particle tracking velocimetry were associated with the occurrence of rate-dependent banding and fracture-like responses in the gel. Scaling law analysis from traditional sliding friction studies suggests that, at the molecular level, deformation is confined to a shear zone with thickness comparable to the mesh size of the gel, the smallest structurally relevant length scale in the gel.
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- Kendra A Erk
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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Wu Y, Tang T, Bai B, Tang X, Wang J, Liu Y. An experimental study of interaction between surfactant and particle hydrogels. POLYMER 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2010.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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