The effect of hydrophobic alkyl chain length on the mechanical properties of latex particle hydrogels

Abstract

The hydrogels with optimal alkyl segments reinforced by LPs exhibited the maximum fracture stress of 1.2 MPa and elongation of 2336%.

Effect of size of latex particles on the mechanical properties of hydrogels reinforced by latex particles

“…In addition to these studies, they investigated the effect of hydrophobic alkyl chain length on the mechanical properties of the hydrophobically-associated hydrogels. Gao 25 selected different long alkyl chains as segments to enhance the performance of the hydrophobicallyassociated hydrogels with the PBA latex particles as the crosslinking centers. Hence, the long alkyl chains could effectively entangle with the PBA latex particles through strong hydrophobic interactions.…”

Synthesis of Multi‐Functionalized N–Cl Hydantoin Polyurethane for Chemical Warfare Agent Decomposition with High N–Cl Stability

“…The hydrophobic groups can play a role in protection of hydantoin group from water or other harmful molecules in destabilizing N-Cl with alkyl long chain. [57,58] The PEO group can be considered as sacrificial groups by absorbing deactivation agent of N-Cl such as water molecule from the environment. [59][60][61] 1 H-NMR spectra of each HD-TPU having decyne, PEO and PFO moiety indicate successful co-functionalization of HD-TPU via sequential click reaction (Figure 8).…”

Photo-crosslinkable recombinant collagen mimics for tissue engineering applications

“…Indeed, Gao et al showed that materials with a lower molecular weight have fewer entanglements, resulting in lower mechanical strength. 29…”