Doubly Dynamic Hydrogel Formed by Combining Boronate Ester and Acylhydrazone Bonds.

Polymers (Basel)

School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Special Functional Aggregated Materials, Ministry Education, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China.

Published: February 2020

The incorporation of double dynamic bonds into hydrogels provides an effective strategy to engineer their performance on demand. Herein, novel hydrogels were PREPARED by combining two kinetically distinct dynamic covalent bonds, boronate ester and acylhydrazone bonds, and the synergistic properties of the hydrogels were studied comprehensively. The functional diblock copolymers P(-isopropyl acrylamide-co--acryloyl-3-aminophenylboronic acid)-b-(-isopropyl acrylamide-co-diacetone acrylamide) (PAD) were prepared via reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization. The hydrogel was constructed by exploiting dynamic reaction of phenyboronic acid moieties with polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and ketone moieties with adipic dihydrazide (ADH) without any catalyst. The active boronate ester linkage endows the hydrogel with fast gelation kinetics and self-healing ability, and the stable acylhydrazone linkage can enhance the mechanical property of the hydrogel. The difference in kinetics endows that the contribution of each linkage to mechanical strength of the hydrogel can be accurately estimated. Moreover, the mechanical property of the hydrogel can be readily engineered by changing the composition and solid content, as well as by controlling the formation or dissociation of the dynamic linkages. Thus, we provide a promising strategy to design and prepare multi-responsive hydrogels with tunable properties.

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