Self-healing supramolecular hydrogels through host-guest interaction between cyclodextrin and carborane.

Hejian XiongYanran LiHaihang YeGang HuangDongfang Zhou Yubin Huang

Published in: Journal of materials chemistry. B (2020)

New self-healing hydrogels based on the strong host-guest interaction of carborane (CB) and β-cylcodextrin (CD) were constructed through CB-grafted dextran and β-CD-grafted poly(acrylic acid). The storage modulus of the hydrogels could reach as high as 10 kPa, and the hydrogels exhibited an outstanding self-healing rate in minutes.

Keyphrases

drug delivery
hyaluronic acid
drug release
extracellular matrix
tissue engineering
wound healing
water soluble
wastewater treatment
ionic liquid
mass spectrometry
energy transfer