In virtue of the potential biomedical application of carbon nanotube (CNT), the CNT was hybridized into a supramolecular hydrogel based on the selective inclusion of a-cyclodextrin (a-CD) onto poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) segments of a triblock copolymer, i.e., PEOblock-poly(propylene oxide)-block-PEO. Different from the previous report, the content of a-CD, in contrast to that of ethylene oxide unit, was decreased to decrease the network density in hydrogel and hence improve the diffusion of encapsulated substances. As a result, the modulus of the hydrogels climbed slightly after introducing CNT. Furthermore, as the essential properties for wound dressing, the antimicrobial activity, the skin-adhesion, and waterretention of such supramolecular hybrid hydrogels were also verified. On the other hand, the supramolecular hybrid hydrogels inherited the shear-thinning property and are suitable as an injectable biomaterial. The cell viability assay confirmed the equivalent cytotoxicity of the supramolecular hybrid hydrogels to that of the native hydrogels without CNT. Consequently, such CNT-hybridized supramolecular hydrogel shows a great potential in the biomedical application.
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