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Recent Advances in Applied Soft Matter

A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Applications".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 December 2023) | Viewed by 3493

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Yi Wang

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Guest Editor
College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu 610068, China
Interests: hydrogel; rapid gelation, mechanical reinforcement; biomedical appliction
Prof. Dr. Lijuan Zhao

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Co-Guest Editor
College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, China
Interests: functional composites; functional aerogel; cultural relics protection materials

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Soft matter, such as hydrogel, aerogel, and so on, holds great promise for applications in diverse fields, such as biological medicine, day-to-day chemicals, industry and agriculture. However, its practical applications are severely restricted because of their poor mechanical properties and limited functions. Although a variety of strategies have been proposed to improve soft matter’s mechanical properties and enrich its functions, the successful realization of these strategies would require complex synthesis steps and tedious preparation methods, which are not conducive to the practical applications of soft matter. Therefore, it is urgent to develop facile methods to design high-performance soft matter. In this Special Issue, we will focus on recent progress in the facile design of high-performance soft matter. We will also discuss the potential uses and applications of high-performance soft matter in various different fields. We look forward to the submission of new results on high-performance soft matter and its recent emerging applications. This Issue will cover high-performance soft matter preparation, characterization, performance, and application evaluation. Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the research areas above.

Dr. Yi Wang
Prof. Dr. Lijuan Zhao
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • soft matter
  • facile strategy
  • mechanical properties
  • functions
  • emerging applications

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Tough and Robust Metallosupramolecular Hydrogels Enabled by Ti3C2Tx MXene Nanosheets
by Biqiang Jin, Wenqiang Wu, Zhaoyang Yuan and Changcheng Wang
Polymers 2023, 15(19), 4025; https://doi.org/10.3390/polym15194025 - 9 Oct 2023
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Recently, many tough synthetic hydrogels have been created as promising candidates in fields such as smart electronic devices. In this paper, we propose a simple strategy to construct tough and robust hydrogels. Two-dimensional Ti3C2Tx MXene nanosheets and metal [...] Read more.
Recently, many tough synthetic hydrogels have been created as promising candidates in fields such as smart electronic devices. In this paper, we propose a simple strategy to construct tough and robust hydrogels. Two-dimensional Ti3C2Tx MXene nanosheets and metal ions were introduced into poly(acrylamide-co-acrylic acid) hydrogels, the MXene nanosheets acted as multifunctional cross-linkers and effective stress-transfer centers, and physical cross-links were formed between Fe3+ and carboxylic acid. Under deformation, the coordination interactions exhibit reversible dissociation and reorganization properties, suggesting a novel mechanism of energy dissipation and stress redistribution. The design enabled the hydrogel to exhibit outstanding and balanced mechanical properties (tensile strength of up to 5.67 MPa and elongation at break of up to 508%). This study will facilitate the diverse applications of metallosupramolecular hydrogels. Full article
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Mechanical Robust, Self-Healable Polyurethane Elastomer Enabled by Hierarchical Hydrogen Bonds and Disulfide Bonds
by Biqiang Jin, Wenqiang Wu and Haitao Wu
Polymers 2023, 15(19), 4020; https://doi.org/10.3390/polym15194020 - 8 Oct 2023
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The fabrication of mechanically robust and self-healing polymeric materials remains a formidable challenge. To address the drawbacks, a core strategy is proposed based on the dynamic hard domains formed by hierarchical hydrogen bonds and disulfide bonds. The dynamic hard domains dissipate considerable stress [...] Read more.
The fabrication of mechanically robust and self-healing polymeric materials remains a formidable challenge. To address the drawbacks, a core strategy is proposed based on the dynamic hard domains formed by hierarchical hydrogen bonds and disulfide bonds. The dynamic hard domains dissipate considerable stress energy during stretching. Meanwhile, the synergistic effect of hierarchical hydrogen bonds and disulfide bonds greatly enhances the relaxation dynamics of the PU network chains, thus accelerating network reorganization. Therefore, this designed strategy effectively solves the inherent drawback between cohesive energy and relaxation dynamics of the PU network. As a result, the PU elastomer has excellent mechanical properties (9.9 MPa and 44.87 MJ/m3) and high self-healing efficiency (96.2%). This approach provides a universal but valid strategy to fabricate high-performance self-healing polymeric materials. Meanwhile, such materials can be extended to emerging fields such as flexible robotics and wearable electronics. Full article
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