Cucumber Biomass Powder as Reinforcing Scaffold for Poly(acrylic acid-co-acrylamide) Superabsorbent Hydrogels: Structure and Properties.

Yuliang Lu, Jianping He, Yichun Zeng, Tianyu Liao, Lezi Li, Chenfei Xu, Yi Shi, Jiaoning Tang, Yang He

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Yuliang LuSchool of Materials and New Energy, South China Normal University, Shanwei 516600, China.ORCID 0009-0009-6702-0616

Jianping HeSchool of Materials and New Energy, South China Normal University, Shanwei 516600, China.

Yichun ZengSchool of Materials and New Energy, South China Normal University, Shanwei 516600, China.

Tianyu LiaoSchool of Materials and New Energy, South China Normal University, Shanwei 516600, China.

Lezi LiSchool of Materials and New Energy, South China Normal University, Shanwei 516600, China.

Chenfei XuSchool of Materials and New Energy, South China Normal University, Shanwei 516600, China.

Yi ShiSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China.

Jiaoning TangSchool of Materials and New Energy, South China Normal University, Shanwei 516600, China.

Yang HeSchool of Materials and New Energy, South China Normal University, Shanwei 516600, China.

Funding

Guangdong Dashuyun Investment Holding Group Co., Ltd. 342355

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Unrefined cucumber biomass powder (CBP) was incorporated into a poly(acrylic acid-co-acrylamide) (P(AA-co-AM)) network to develop a superabsorbent hydrogel with enhanced gel network rigidity and swelling performance. CBP served as a renewable reinforcing scaffold, providing a multicomponent biomass matrix for physical reinforcement alongside abundant hydrophilic groups (-OH, -NH, and -CONH-). Spectroscopic and rheological analyses suggest that CBP integration significantly alters the gel network through complex multi-component interactions, as evidenced by FTIR peak shifts (3435 → 3442 cm

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biomasscucumberhydrogelhydrogen bondingrheologysaline responsivenesssuperabsorbent polymer

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PMID42794319

DOI10.3390/gels12090768

PMCPMC13606901

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