JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE
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2025
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IF 9
Han Wang,Xiaolong Tian,Xiaoyi Liu,Jian Cui,Ailin Gao,Yehai Yan
Membrane distillation (MD) technology is crucial for achieving zero discharge of hypersaline wastewater. However, its practical application has been hindered by low permeation flux. This study presents a hydrogel-coated Janus membrane (JM), developed through controlled interfacial free radical polymerization (IFRP) on a self-fabricated hydrophobic polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) substrate under ultraviolet irradiation. Microscopic images show that the in-situ synthesized hydrogel infiltrated into the nanoscale pores of the PVDF substrate, forming a stable "physical interlocking" composite structure with an impressive hydrophilic modification depth of 42 μm. MD performance results indicate that the optimized M-P2H4 JMs achieve remarkable water vapor flux of 42.14 L m -2 h -1 , while maintaining stable flux and salt retention across various salt concentrations (3.5wt%-20wt%). Molecular dynamics simulations reveal a strong interaction energy between the synthesized hydrogel layer and water molecules. Dark evaporation tests, differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) analysis show that the hydrogel networks increase intermediate water proportion and remarkably reduce evaporation enthalpy. Higher specific surface area is measured for the microsphere-based PVDF membrane, thereby increasing the evaporation area. The combination of the reduced evaporation energy barrier and increased evaporation area of M-P2H4 result in its excellent evaporation efficiency, which also presents excellent resistance to surfactant-stabilized oil-in-water brine emulsions. This study offers valuable insights into designing JM with high flux capability and superior anti-fouling properties.
研究领域:
环境工程
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材料科学
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膜技术
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水处理
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高分子化学
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MICROSYSTEM TECHNOLOGIES-MICRO-AND NANOSYSTEMS-INFORMATION STORAGE AND PROCESSING SYSTEMS
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2024
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IF 1.6
Zhang Xiaoning,Han Qingxin,Hu Xiaoqing,Zhang Lei,Kang Xiaoya,Li Ming,Gao Qiang,Liu Fengyi,Sun Jingyao,Zhu Jingxian,Zhuang Jian
This article proposes a new process for fabricating a polymer microneedles (MNs) patch integrated with an LED light source (LED-HEMA/MN, LH-MN) using ultraviolet (UV) curing technology. Hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA) is used as the base material, with a focus on studying the active integrated fabrication process of the MNs patch. The study also investigates the morphology, size, mechanical properties, ex vivo skin penetration performance, operating temperature, and performance optimization of the LH-MN. The experimental results show that the LH-MN fabricated using the optimal process has a good appearance, high molding rate, short production cycle, and excellent mechanical properties. It can effectively penetrate the skin without the risk of thermal injury. In addition, the MNs patch (LED-HEMA/HEA-MN, LHH-MN) prepared by optimizing and modifying with hydroxyethyl acrylate (HEA) possesses good flexibility and mechanical properties. It can adapt to different shapes and locations of the affected area, greatly enhancing the practicality of the MNs.
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生物医学工程
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材料科学
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医学
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Materials Science & Engineering C-Materials for Biological Applications
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2016
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IF 3.42
Danfeng Cao,Yingchao Zhang,Zhanchen Cui,Yuanyuan Du,Zuosen Shi
In order to obtain an ideal material using for artificial corneal skirt, a porous polymer hydrogel containing 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA), trimethylolpropane triacrylate (TMPTA) and butyl acrylate was prepared through one-step radical polymerization method and the usage of CaCO 3 whisker as porogen. The physical-chemical properties of the fabricated polymer hydrogel can be adjusted by CaCO 3 whisker content, such as pore size, porosity, water content of materials and surface topography. Then a series of cell biology experiments of human corneal fibroblasts (HCFs) were carried out to evaluate its properties as an artificial corneal skirt, such as the adhesion of cells on the materials with different pore size and porosity, the apoptosis on materials with different characteristics, the distribution of the cells on the material surface. The results revealed that high porosity not only could improve water content of hydrogel, but also strengthen the adhesion of HCFs on hydrogel. In addition, high porosity hydrogel with the whisker shape of pores showed much elongate spindle-like morphology than those low porosity hydrogels. MTT assay certified that the resulted polymer hydrogel material possessed excellent biocompatibility and was suitable for HCFs growing, making it promising for being developed as artificial corneal skirt.
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材料科学
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组织工程
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眼科
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Biomaterials Advances
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2022
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IF 0
Xilin Lin,Jinqiang Liu,Fei Zhou,Yangtao Ou,Jianhua Rong,Jianhao Zhao
Tear protein deposition resistance and antimicrobial property are two challenges of conventional poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) (pHEMA) contact lenses. In this work, we developed a poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate- co -quaternary ammonium salt chitosan) hydrogel, named as p(HEMA-co-mHACC) hydrogel, using acryloyl HACC (mHACC) as a macromolecular crosslinker. With increasing the acryloyl substitution degree (14–29%) or mHACC content (2–11%), the hydrogel showed an enhanced tensile strength (432–986 kPa) and Young's modulus (360–1158 kPa), a decreased elongation at break (242–84%), and an increased visible light transmittance (0–95%). At an optimal acryloyl substitution degree of 26%, with the increase of mHACC content from 2% to 11%, p(HEMA-co-mHACC) hydrogel presented a decreased water contact angle from 84.6 to 55.3 degree, an increased equilibrium water content from 38% to 45%, and an enhanced oxygen permeability from 8.5 to 13.5 barrer. Due to the enhancement in surface hydrophilicity and electropositivity, p(HEMA-co-mHACC) hydrogel remarkably reduced the deposition of lysozyme, but little affected the adsorption of BSA, depending on the hydrophilic/hydrophobic and electrostatic interactions . The antimicrobial test against Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli showed that p(HEMA-co-mHACC) hydrogel presented an 8–32 times higher germicidal ability than pHEMA hydrogel, indicative of a better antimicrobial activity. The in vitro cell culture of mouse NIH3T3 fibroblasts and immortalized human keratinocytes showed that p(HEMA-co-mHACC) hydrogel was non-toxic. Thus, p(HEMA-co-mHACC) hydrogel with tear protein deposition resistance and antimicrobial activity is a potential candidate for contact lenses.
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生物材料学
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眼科医学
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高分子化学
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APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
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2013
·Vol. 172
·期 2
·701-712
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IF 1.893
Cui Yanjun,Chen Xia,Li Yanfeng,Liu Xiao,Lei Lin,Zhang Yakui,Qian Jiayu
Using emulsion copolymer of styrene (St), glycidyl methacrylate (GMA) and 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA) as seed latexes, the superparamagnetic polymer emulsion particles were prepared by seeded emulsion copolymerization of butyl methacrylate (BMA), vinyl acetate (VAc) and ethylene glycol dimethacrylate in the presence of the seed latexes and superparamagnetic Fe 3 O 4 /SiOx nanoparticles (or Fe 3 O 4 -APTS nanoparticles) through a two-step process, without addition of any emulsifier. The magnetic emulsion particles named P(St-GMA-HEMA)/P(BMA-VAc) were characterized by transmission electron microscope and vibrating sample magnetometry. The results showed that the magnetic emulsion particles held a structure with a thinner shell (around 100 nm) and a bigger cavity (around 200 nm), and possessed a certain level of magnetic response. The resulting magnetic emulsion particles were employed in the immobilization of lipase by two strategies to immobilized lipase onto the resulting magnetic composites directly (S-1) or using glutaraldehyde as a coupling agent (S-2), thus, experimental data showed that the thermal stability and reusability of immobilized lipase based on S-2 were higher than that of S-1.
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材料科学
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生物技术
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COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS
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2024
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IF 4.9
Chengmin Hou,Weimin Yan,Hanxiao Ma,Yuan Bai,Zhiting Yuan
Heavy metal ion (Cu(II)) wastewater will do great harm to human body and environment, and the adsorption materials used in traditional adsorption methods are easy to hydrolyze, resulting in secondary pollution to water. In this paper, an adsorption material poly(glycidyl methacrylate-random-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) grafted ferric oxide@starch (St/Fe 3 O 4 - g -p(GMA- r -HEMA)) was prepared, which had epoxy and hydroxyl group , easy to produce crosslinking, reduce the sensitivity of starch to pH and prevent hydrolysis. Infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), thermogravimetric analysis (TG), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and magnetometer (VSM) were used to characterize the structure and morphology of the adsorbent. The adsorption properties of the adsorbent for removal of Cu(II) ions were studied via changing the experimental conditions, including the amount of adsorbent, Cu(II) ions solution concentration, pH value, adsorption time, adsorption temperature and so on. Under the optimal adsorption conditions of pH value 7, initial Cu(II) concentration 20 mg/L and adsorption time 160 min, the maximum unit adsorption capacity of St/Fe 3 O 4 - g -p(GMA- r -HEMA) was 94.15 mg/g, and the adsorption performance was good. The adsorption process followed Langmuirm model and second-order kinetic model , and was dominated by chemisorption . The thermodynamic model showed that the adsorption process of St/Fe 3 O 4 - g -p(GMA- r -HEMA) was endothermic. After 8 adsorption cycles, 93.5% of the first adsorption effect can still be retained, and the renewable performance had been improved.
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环境科学
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材料科学
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Journal of Industrial Textiles
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2017
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IF 1.75
Quan Feng,Xin Li,Dingsheng Wu,Suo Liu,Mao Ye,Shan Huan
AOPAN nanofibers were prepared by electrospinning and amidoxime modification, subsequently, HEMA was used as the monomers for surface grafting via atom transfer radical polymerization, followed by coordination with Cu(II) ions, thereafter, the nanofibers AOPAN-poly(HEMA)-Cu(II) were explored as the novel support for laccase immobilization. Scanning electron microscopy was used to visualize the morphology of the nanofibers, and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy was used to provide information on the surface chemistry of nanofibers. At the same time, the optimization of immobilization conditions and the relative properties of the immobilized laccase were also studied in this paper. The study showed the largest amount of immobilized laccase while the reaction time of atom transfer radical polymerization was 4 h. The immobilized laccase showed a better stability resistance to temperature and pH change, and the initial activity of immobilized laccase retained (60.3 ± 3.1)%, that of the free laccase retained only (21.3 ± 2.1)% when stored at 4℃ for 24 days. Immobilized laccase maintained its initial activity after 10 repeated batches of 64.5%.
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生物材料学
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酶工程
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高分子化学
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Acta Biomaterialia
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2013
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IF 5.093
Y. Deng,X. Zhang,X. Zhao,Q. Li,Z. Ye,Z. Li,Y. Liu,Y. Zhou,H. Ma,G. Pan,D. Pei,J. Fang,S. Wei
Realization of the full potential of human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSC) in clinical applications requires the development of well-defined culture conditions for their long-term growth and directed differentiation. This paper describes a novel fully defined synthetic peptide-decorated substrate that supports self-renewal of hiPSC in commercially available xeno-free, chemically defined medium. The Au surface was deposited by a poly(OEGMA- co -HEMA) film, using the surface-initiated polymerization method (SIP) with the further step of carboxylation . The hiPSC generated from umbilical cord mesenchymal cells were successfully cultured for 10 passages on the peptide-tethered poly(OEGMA- co -HEMA) brushes for the first time. Cells maintained their characteristic morphology, proliferation and expressed high levels of markers of pluripotency, similar to the cells cultured on Matrigel™. Moreover, the cell adhesion could be tuned by the pattern and peptide concentration on the substrate. This well-defined, xeno-free and safe substrate, which supports long-term proliferation and self-renewal of hiPSC, will not only help to accelerate the translational perspectives of hiPSC, but also provide a platform to elucidate the underlying molecular mechanisms that regulate stem cell proliferation and differentiation via SIP technology.
研究领域:
干细胞研究
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生物材料
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再生医学
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聚合物化学
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IRANIAN POLYMER JOURNAL
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2019
·Vol. 28
·期 11
·957-967
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IF 1.707
Yang Xiaoli,Wang Kunyan,Yan Lei,Yu QiNing,Xia Hongxia,Liu Yanbo,Yan Chengjun
Multi-stimuli-responsive hydrogels are being increasingly studied due to their sensitive response to small stimuli and wide applications in biosensors and drug delivery. In this study, a multi-stimuli-responsive hydrogel, poly(hydroxyethyl methacrylate- co - N -vinyl pyrrolidone- co -methacrylic acid- co - N -isopropylacryl amide) [poly(HEMA- co -NVP- co -MAA- co -NIPA)], was synthesized by radical polymerization and characterized by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) and 13 C NMR spectroscopy techniques. With the aids of scanning electron microscopy (SEM) characterization, it was confirmed that the sensitive stimuli-responsive behavior of the hydrogel stemmed from its microstructure variation with those external stimulus. Rheological study showed that the hydrogel had rheological feature of typical elastomer. Compression tests revealed that the poly(hydroxyethyl methacrylate- co - N -vinyl pyrrolidone) [poly(HEMA- co -NVP)] played an important role in enhancing the compressive modulus of such hydrogel. More interestingly, the equilibrium swelling ratio (ESR) studies further confirmed that the composite hydrogel displayed response sensitively to the stimulus of temperature, pH, and ionic strength. Herein, theophylline as a drug model was adopted due to the multi-stimulus properties of hydrogels, which were a potential candidate for drug loading and delivering. Releasing drug continuously in a given period was dependent on the characteristics of solution and loading time. The mechanisms for drug release from the hydrogels were studied by Ritger–Peppas model.
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材料科学
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生物医学工程
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药剂学
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Journal of Materials Chemistry B
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2017
·Vol. 5
·期 24
·4595-4606
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IF 4.543
Jiang Wu,Chaochao He,Huacheng He,Chaoqun Cheng,Junyi Zhu,Zecong Xiao,Hongyu Zhang,Xiaokun Li,Jie Zheng,Jian Xiao
Conventional 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA)-based hydrogels have an inverse relationship between optical transparency (OP) and oxygen permeability (Dk) as a function of water content. While the higher water content favors the oxygen permeability of HEMA-based hydrogels, it also causes poor optical transparency due to the water-induced scattering center effect. Here, we propose and demonstrate that the incorporation of zwitterionic [2-(methacryloyloxy)ethyl]dimethyl-(3-sulfopropyl) ammonium hydroxide (SBMA) with HEMA hydrogels enables the achievement of both properties (OP = 98% and Dk = 54.7) in hydrogels at high water contents of 84%, and both values are much higher than those of pure HEMA hydrogels (OP = 2.3% and Dk = 17.5 barriers). HEMA–SBMA hydrogels are crosslinked by electrostatic interactions between the zwitterionic SBMA groups and hydrogen bonds between the HEMA groups. The introduction of SBMA into HEMA not only increases the quantity and quality of strongly binding water inside the networks, but also affects the porous structure of the gels, both of which are correlated with OP and Dk. Moreover, hybrid HEMA–SBMA hydrogels demonstrate their excellent antifouling function to prevent nonspecific protein adsorption in vitro, as well as their biocompatibility and hemocompatibility when implanted in mice in vivo. A combination of these excellent properties of HEMA–SBMA hydrogels (high water content, high optical transparency, high oxygen permeability, good antifouling function, and low foreign-body reaction) makes them highly promising for contact lens-based ophthalmic applications. This work, in line with our other HEMA–CBMA hydrogels, offers a new strategy to design hybrid hydrophilic-zwitterionic materials for improving their multi-faceted properties of interest, beyond the conventional designs of hydrophilic–hydrophilic and hydrophilic–hydrophobic materials.
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材料科学
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聚合物化学
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生物医学工程
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RSC Advances
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2019
·Vol. 9
·期 55
·31806-31811
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IF 3.049
Yinlei Lin,Zheng Zeng,Yuhao Li,Sheng Sun,Xiaoting Liu,Deliu He,Guangji Li
The development of zwitterionic hydrogels possessing both excellent self-healing and mechanical properties is of great significance. Herein, a class of zwitterionic sulfobetaine nanocomposite hydrogels was prepared by UV-initiated copolymerisation of zwitterionic sulfobetaine monomer N,N-dimethyl-N-(3-methacrylamidopropyl)-N-(3-sulfopropyl) ammonium betaine (DMAPMAPS) and 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA) in the presence of exfoliated clay platelets uniformly dispersed in an aqueous medium. The effects of the hydrogel compositions, including the DMAPMAPS/HEMA mass ratio and the amount of clay, on the self-healing behaviors and mechanical properties of the nanocomposite hydrogels were investigated. The results indicate that the fabricated zwitterionic sulfobetaine nanocomposite hydrogels can autonomously repair incisions or cracks at ambient temperature without the need for any stimulus and possess excellent mechanical properties.
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材料科学
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聚合物化学
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纳米技术
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MACROMOLECULAR BIOSCIENCE
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2023
·Vol. 23
·期 10
·2300099
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IF 4.6
Qi Yang,Qiang Zhou,Ziyi Guo,Lina Song,Fandong Meng,Zheming Tong,Xiaoli Zhan,Quan Liu,Yongyuan Ren,Qinghua Zhang
During the COVID-19 (Corona Virus Disease 2019) pandemic, traditional medical goggles are not only easy to attach bacteria and viruses in long-term exposure, but easy to fogged up, which increases the risk of infection and affects productivity. Bacterial adhesion and fog can be significantly inhibited through the hydrogel coatings, owing to super hydrophilic properties. On the one hand, hydrogel coatings are easy to absorb water and swell in wet environment, resulting in reduced mechanical properties, even peeling off. On the other hand, the hydrogel coatings don't have intrinsic antibacterial properties, which still poses a potential risk of bacterial transmission. Herein, an anti-swelling and antibacterial hydrogel coating is synthesized by 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA), acrylamide (AM), dimethylaminoethyl acrylate bromoethane (IL-Br), and poly(sodium-p-styrenesulfonate) (PSS). Due to the self-driven entropy reduction effect of polycation and polyanion, an ion cross-linking network is formed, which endows the hydrogel coating with excellent antiswelling performance. Moreover, because of the synergistic effect of highly hydrated surfaces and the active bactericidal effect from quaternary ammonium cations, the hydrogel coating exhibits outstanding antifouling performances. This work develops a facile strategy to fabricate anti-swelling, antifouling, and antifogging hydrogel coatings for the protection of medical goggles, and also for biomedical and marine antifouling fields.
研究领域:
材料科学
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生物医学工程
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化学工程
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医疗器械
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