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Chau A, Edwards CER, Helgeson ME, Pitenis AA. Designing Superlubricious Hydrogels from Spontaneous Peroxidation Gradients. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2023; 15:43075-43086. [PMID: 37650860 PMCID: PMC10510045 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c04636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2023] [Accepted: 08/17/2023] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
Abstract
Hydrogels are hydrated three-dimensional networks of hydrophilic polymers that are commonly used in the biomedical industry due to their mechanical and structural tunability, biocompatibility, and similar water content to biological tissues. The surface structure of hydrogels polymerized through free-radical polymerization can be modified by controlling environmental oxygen concentrations, leading to the formation of a polymer concentration gradient. In this work, 17.5 wt % polyacrylamide hydrogels are polymerized in low (0.01 mol % O2) and high (20 mol % O2) oxygen environments, and their mechanical and tribological properties are characterized through microindentation, nanoindentation, and tribological sliding experiments. Without significantly reducing the elastic modulus of the hydrogel (E* ≈ 200 kPa), we demonstrate an order of magnitude reduction in friction coefficient (from μ = 0.021 ± 0.006 to μ = 0.002 ± 0.001) by adjusting polymerization conditions (e.g., oxygen concentration). A quantitative analytical model based on polyacrylamide chemistry and kinetics was developed to estimate the thickness and structure of the monomer conversion gradient, termed the "surface gel layer". We find that polymerizing hydrogels at high oxygen concentrations leads to the formation of a preswollen surface gel layer that is approximately five times thicker (t ≈ 50 μm) and four times less concentrated (≈ 6% monomer conversion) at the surface prior to swelling compared to low oxygen environments (t ≈ 10 μm, ≈ 20% monomer conversion). Our model could be readily modified to predict the preswollen concentration profile of the polyacrylamide gel surface layer for any reaction conditions─monomer and initiator concentration, oxygen concentration, reaction time, and reaction media depth─or used to select conditions that correspond to a certain desired surface gel layer profile.
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Affiliation(s)
- Allison
L. Chau
- Materials
Department, University of California, Santa
Barbara, Santa
Barbara, California 93106, United States
- Materials
Research Laboratory, University of California,
Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
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- Materials
Research Laboratory, University of California,
Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
- Department
of Chemical Engineering, University of California,
Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
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- Materials
Research Laboratory, University of California,
Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
- Department
of Chemical Engineering, University of California,
Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
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- Materials
Department, University of California, Santa
Barbara, Santa
Barbara, California 93106, United States
- Materials
Research Laboratory, University of California,
Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
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Balcerak A, Kwiatkowska D, Kabatc J. Novel photoinitiators based on difluoroborate complexes of squaraine dyes for radical polymerization of acrylates upon visible light. Polym Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d1py01294k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
Abstract
The present article describes the efficiency of novel two-component photoinitiators based on a typical squaraine dye and its difluoroborate analogues for the radical polymerization of acrylate monomers.
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- Alicja Balcerak
- Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Chemical Technology and Engineering, Department of Organic Chemistry, Seminaryjna 3, 85-326 Bydgoszcz, Poland
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- Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Chemical Technology and Engineering, Department of Organic Chemistry, Seminaryjna 3, 85-326 Bydgoszcz, Poland
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- Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Chemical Technology and Engineering, Department of Organic Chemistry, Seminaryjna 3, 85-326 Bydgoszcz, Poland
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Giacoletto N, Dumur F. Recent Advances in bis-Chalcone-Based Photoinitiators of Polymerization: From Mechanistic Investigations to Applications. Molecules 2021; 26:3192. [PMID: 34073491 PMCID: PMC8199041 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26113192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2021] [Revised: 05/22/2021] [Accepted: 05/23/2021] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
Abstract
Over the past several decades, photopolymerization has become an active research field, and the ongoing efforts to develop new photoinitiating systems are supported by the different applications in which this polymerization technique is involved-including dentistry, 3D and 4D printing, adhesives, and laser writing. In the search for new structures, bis-chalcones that combine two chalcones' moieties within a unique structure were determined as being promising photosensitizers to initiate both the free-radical polymerization of acrylates and the cationic polymerization of epoxides. In this review, an overview of the different bis-chalcones reported to date is provided. Parallel to the mechanistic investigations aiming at elucidating the polymerization mechanisms, bis-chalcones-based photoinitiating systems were used for different applications, which are detailed in this review.
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- Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, ICR UMR 7273, F-13397 Marseille, France
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Zhou J, Allonas X, Liu X, Wu S. Facile modification on the oxygen‐inhibited layer of photopolymerized acrylates via aza‐
Michael
addition. POLYM INT 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/pi.6174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Junyi Zhou
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional Soft Condensed Matter, Department of Polymeric Materials and Engineering, School of Materials and Energy Guangdong University of Technology Guangzhou China
- Laboratory of Macromolecular Photochemistry and Engineering University of Haute‐Alsace Mulhouse France
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- Laboratory of Macromolecular Photochemistry and Engineering University of Haute‐Alsace Mulhouse France
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional Soft Condensed Matter, Department of Polymeric Materials and Engineering, School of Materials and Energy Guangdong University of Technology Guangzhou China
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- School of Electromechanical Engineering Guangdong University of Technology Guangzhou China
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Okamura H, Nishijima Y, Noguchi D, Fukumoto T, Suzuki Y. Suppressed Oxygen Inhibition in UV Curable Formulations Using a Diene as an Additive. J PHOTOPOLYM SCI TEC 2020. [DOI: 10.2494/photopolymer.33.349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Pierrel J, Ibrahim A, Croutxé‐Barghorn C, L'Hostis G, Allonas X. Full control of polymer properties during the two‐stage on‐demand free‐radical photopolymerization of fiber‐reinforced polymers. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/pola.29408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Johann Pierrel
- Laboratory of Macromolecular Photochemistry and EngineeringUniversity of Haute Alsace 3b rue Alfred Werner, 68093 Mulhouse France
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- Laboratory of Macromolecular Photochemistry and EngineeringUniversity of Haute Alsace 3b rue Alfred Werner, 68093 Mulhouse France
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- Laboratory of Macromolecular Photochemistry and EngineeringUniversity of Haute Alsace 3b rue Alfred Werner, 68093 Mulhouse France
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- Laboratoire de Physique et Mécanique TextilesUniversity of Haute Alsace 11 rue Alfred Werner, 68093 Mulhouse France
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- Laboratory of Macromolecular Photochemistry and EngineeringUniversity of Haute Alsace 3b rue Alfred Werner, 68093 Mulhouse France
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Sahin M, Schlögl S, Kalinka G, Wang J, Kaynak B, Mühlbacher I, Ziegler W, Kern W, Grützmacher H. Tailoring the interfaces in glass fiber-reinforced photopolymer composites. POLYMER 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2018.03.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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