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ArticleNature communications2024

Dehydration regulates structural reorganization of dynamic hydrogels.

Dan Xu, Xintong Meng, Siyuan Liu, Jade Poisson, Philipp Vana, Kai Zhang

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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20 citing papers in PubMed.

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6 authors.

Dan XuSustainable Materials and Chemistry, Department of Wood Technology and Wood-based Composites, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
Xintong MengSustainable Materials and Chemistry, Department of Wood Technology and Wood-based Composites, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
Siyuan LiuSustainable Materials and Chemistry, Department of Wood Technology and Wood-based Composites, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
Jade PoissonSustainable Materials and Chemistry, Department of Wood Technology and Wood-based Composites, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9942-3542
Philipp VanaInstitute of Physical Chemistry, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
Kai ZhangSustainable Materials and Chemistry, Department of Wood Technology and Wood-based Composites, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany. kai.zhang@uni-goettingen.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5783-946X

Funding

China Scholarship Council (CSC) Dan XuChina Scholarship Council (CSC) Siyuan LiuChina Scholarship Council (CSC) Xintong MengDeutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) INST186/1281-1/FUGGNiedersächsisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kultur (Ministry for Science and Culture of Lower Saxony) INST186/1281-1/FUGG
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The dehydration process is widely recognized as a significant phenomenon in nature. Hydrogels, which are important functional materials with high water content and crosslinked networks, encounter the issue of dehydration in their practical applications. Here, we report the distinctive anisotropic dehydration modality of dynamic hydrogels, which is fundamentally different from the more commonly observed isotropic dehydration of covalent hydrogels. Xerogels derived from dynamic hydrogel dehydration will fully cover a curved substrate surface and exhibit hollow structures with internal knots, in contrast to the bulk xerogels produced by covalent hydrogel dehydration. Depending on the competing cohesion of polymer chains and the adhesion at the hydrogel-substrate interface, the previously overlooked reorganization of polymer networks within dynamic hydrogels, triggered by dehydration-induced stress, has been discovered to regulate such macroscopic structural reconstruction for dynamic hydrogel dehydration. With the attached hydrogel-substrate interface, the surface microstructures of substrates can also be engraved onto xerogels with high resolution and on a large scale. This work will greatly enhance our understanding of the soft matter dehydration process and broaden the applications of dehydration technologies using water-containing materials.

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PMCPMC11317490

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