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Transpiration-Induced Self-Growth of Texture Hydrogel Surfaces.

Hong WangXinhong XiongHao LuoYubo CuiQian WuYuanlai FangJian ChenGuangyin JingJiaxi Cui
Published in: Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) (2024)
Trees grow by coupling the transpiration-induced nutrient absorption from external sources and photosynthesis-based nutrient integration. Inspired by this manner, we designed a class of polyion complex (PIC) hydrogels containing isolated liquid-filled voids for growing texture surfaces. The isolated liquid-filled voids were created via irreversible matrix reconfiguration in a deswelling-swelling process. During transpiration, these voids reversibly collapse to generate negative pressures within the matrices to extract polymerizable compounds from external sources and deliver them to the surface of the samples for photopolymerization. This growth process is spatial-controllable and can be applied to fabricate complex patterns consisting of different compositions, suggesting a new strategy for making texture surfaces.
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