Design and fabrication of bilayer hydrogel system with self-healing and detachment properties achieved by near-infrared irradiation

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A novel kind of graphene oxide (GO)-containing bilayer hydrogel system with excellent self-healing and detachment properties stimulated by near-infrared irradiation is successively fabricated via a two-step in situ free radical polymerization. In addition to high mechanical strength, as components of a bilayer hydrogel system, a poly N, N-dimethylacrylamide (PDMAA) layer with 3 mg/mL GO and a poly N-isopropylacrylamide (PNIPAm) layer with 3 mg/mL GO exhibits firm interface bonding. GO in a PDMAA layer transforms under a near-infrared laser into heat, which promotes mutual diffusion of hydrogen bonds and realizes a self-healing property. The irradiation of near infrared laser results in the temperature of PNIPAm layer being higher than the volume phase transition temperature, reducing the corresponding biological viscidity and achieving detachment property. The increase of GO content enhances the self-healing degree and detachment rate. The bilayer hydrogel system fabricated via mold design combines characteristics of PDMAA layer and PNIPAm layer, which can be treated as materials for medical dressings, soft actuators, and robots.

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Zhao, Q., Hou, W., Liang, Y., Zhang, Z., & Ren, L. (2017). Design and fabrication of bilayer hydrogel system with self-healing and detachment properties achieved by near-infrared irradiation. Polymers, 9(6). https://doi.org/10.3390/polym9060237

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