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ArticleNano letters2024

Viscoelastic Response in Hydrous Polymers: The Role of Hydrogen Bonds and Microstructure.

Wenbo Chen, Philip Biehl, Caoxing Huang, Kai Zhang

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Article in Nano letters, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Wenbo ChenSustainable Materials and Chemistry, Department of Wood Technology and Wood-based Composites, University of Göttingen, Büsgenweg 4, Göttingen 37077, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-2446-2352
Philip BiehlSustainable Materials and Chemistry, Department of Wood Technology and Wood-based Composites, University of Göttingen, Büsgenweg 4, Göttingen 37077, Germany.
Caoxing HuangSustainable Materials and Chemistry, Department of Wood Technology and Wood-based Composites, University of Göttingen, Büsgenweg 4, Göttingen 37077, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-5122-0175
Kai ZhangSustainable Materials and Chemistry, Department of Wood Technology and Wood-based Composites, University of Göttingen, Büsgenweg 4, Göttingen 37077, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5783-946X
University of Göttingen · DENanjing Forestry University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Water responsive polymers represent a remarkable group of soft materials, acting as a laboratory for diverse water responsive physical phenomena and cutting-edge biology-electronics interfaces. We report on peculiarly distinctive viscoelastic behaviors of the biobased water responsive polymer cellulose 10-undecenoyl ester, while biobased regenerated cellulose displays stronger hydroplastic behaviors. We discovered a novel hydrous deformation mechanism involving the stretching of hydrogen bonds mediated by hydroxyl groups and water molecules, serving as a crucial factor in accommodating deformations. In parallel, the microstructure of cellulose 10-undecenoyl ester with unique coexisting nanoparticles and a continuous phase of entangled chains is mechanically resilient in the anhydrous state but enhances structural stiffness in the hydrous state. This variation arises from a different hydration level within the hydrous microstructure. Such a fundamental discovery offers valuable insights into the connection between the microscopic physical properties that can be influenced by water and the corresponding viscoelastic responses, extending its applicability to a wide range of hygroscopic materials.

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cellulosehydrogen bondnanoparticlenoncovalent interactionstrain hardeningviscoelastic response

Identifiers

PMID38470141
PMCPMC10979449
OpenAlexW4392703759

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