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Chem Asian J. 2016 Jun 06;11(11):1697-704. doi: 10.1002/asia.201600138. Epub 2016 May 25.

Graphene Oxide/Polyacrylamide/Aluminum Ion Cross-Linked Carboxymethyl Hemicellulose Nanocomposite Hydrogels with Very Tough and Elastic Properties.

Chemistry, an Asian journal

Weiqing Kong, Danyang Huang, Guibin Xu, Junli Ren, Chuanfu Liu, Lihong Zhao, Runcang Sun

Affiliations

  1. State Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Engineering, South China University of Technology, Wushan Road?381, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, 510640, China.
  2. State Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Engineering, South China University of Technology, Wushan Road?381, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, 510640, China. [email protected].
  3. Beijing Key Laboratory of Lignocellulosic Chemistry, Beijing Forestry University, Qihuadong Road?35, Haidian District, Beijing, 100083, China.

PMID: 27062081 DOI: 10.1002/asia.201600138

Abstract

Development of high-strength hydrogels has recently attracted ever-increasing attention. In this work, a new design strategy has been proposed to prepare graphene oxide (GO)/polyacrylamide (PAM)/aluminum ion (Al(3+) )-cross-linked carboxymethyl hemicellulose (Al-CMH) nanocomposite hydrogels with very tough and elastic properties. GO/PAM/Al-CMH hydrogels were synthesized by introducing graphene oxide (GO) into PAM/CMH hydrogel, followed by ionic cross-linking of Al(3+) . The nanocomposite hydrogels were characterized by means of FTIR, X-ray diffraction (XRD), and scanning electron microscopy/energy-dispersive X-ray analysis (SEM-EDX) along with their swelling and mechanical properties. The maximum compressive strength and the Young's modulus of GO3.5 /PAM/Al-CMH0.45 hydrogel achieved values of up to 1.12 and 13.27 MPa, increased by approximately 6488 and 18330 % relative to the PAM hydrogel (0.017 and 0.072 MPa). The as-prepared GO/PAM/Al-CMH nanocomposite hydrogels possess high strength and great elasticity giving them potential in bioengineering and drug-delivery system applications.

© 2016 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.

Keywords: aluminum; graphene oxide; hydrogels; nanotechnology; synthetic methods

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