Volume 137, Issue 14 48541
Article

Preparation and rheological investigation of tough PAAm hydrogel by adding branched polyethyleneimine

Yinyan Guan

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Yinyan Guan

School of Science, Shenyang University of Technology, Shenyang, 110870 China

Correspondence to: Y. Guan (E-mail: [email protected]), and J. Liang (E-mail: [email protected])Search for more papers by this author
Li Wang

Li Wang

School of Science, Shenyang University of Technology, Shenyang, 110870 China

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Li Cui

Li Cui

School of Science, Shenyang University of Technology, Shenyang, 110870 China

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Xinjun Shen

Xinjun Shen

School of Science, Shenyang University of Technology, Shenyang, 110870 China

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Weichun Gao

Weichun Gao

School of Science, Shenyang University of Technology, Shenyang, 110870 China

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Jing Meng

Jing Meng

School of Science, Shenyang University of Technology, Shenyang, 110870 China

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Dan Li

Dan Li

School of Science, Shenyang University of Technology, Shenyang, 110870 China

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Chenguang Shen

Chenguang Shen

School of Science, Shenyang University of Technology, Shenyang, 110870 China

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Yichen Zhang

Yichen Zhang

School of Science, Shenyang University of Technology, Shenyang, 110870 China

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Guodong Hu

Guodong Hu

School of Science, Shenyang University of Technology, Shenyang, 110870 China

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Jiyan Liang

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Jiyan Liang

School of Science, Shenyang University of Technology, Shenyang, 110870 China

Correspondence to: Y. Guan (E-mail: [email protected]), and J. Liang (E-mail: [email protected])Search for more papers by this author
First published: 22 October 2019
Citations: 5

ABSTRACT

In this article, tough hydrogels are prepared by introducing the polyethyleneimine (PEI) with branched structure and a large number of NH2 and NH groups into permanently crosslinked polyacrylamide (PAAm) hydrogels matrix. To investigate the effects of B-PEI and chemical crosslinking agent (Bis) on the strength and toughness of hydrogels, a series of B-PEI/PAAm hydrogels with different mass percentage of Bis and B-PEI were manufactured and the rheological and swelling properties were compared. For all hydrogels, the storage modulus (G′) was much higher than the loss modulus (G″) in the linear viscoelastic region through the whole frequency range. The solid-like behavior and elastic nature (G′ > G″) are attributed to the permanent covalence crosslinking. Therefore, G′ increased when more Bis was added. For the nonlinear oscillatory shear measurement, hydrogels with B-PEI broke at larger γ than the pure PAAm hydrogels, indicating that the toughness of B-PEI/PAAm hydrogels has been improved by introducing B-PEI. © 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2020, 137, 48541.

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