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Creating tough and fatigue-resistant hydrogels with hierarchical structures

Research Project

Project/Area Number 22K20521
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section 0501:Physical chemistry, functional solid state chemistry, organic chemistry, polymers, organic materials, biomolecular chemistry, and related fields
Research InstitutionHokkaido University

Principal Investigator

LI Xueyu  北海道大学, 先端生命科学研究院, 助教 (80961565)

Project Period (FY) 2022-08-31 – 2024-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,860,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥660,000)
Fiscal Year 2023: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
KeywordsPhase separation / fatigue resistance / fracture toughness / dynamic bonds / in-situ SAXS / rheological response / time-salt superposition / phase separation / mechanical property / Tough hydrogel / Fatigue resistance / multiscale structure / Energy dissipation
Outline of Research at the Start

We will prepare hydrogels with superior mechanical and physical properties by combining two components with strong modulus contrast: the soft and relative hydrophilic one favors forming small phase domains, whereas the hard and hydrophobic one favors forming large phase domains.

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The applicant focuses on studying the influence of hierarchical structure and rheological response on toughening and fatigue resistance of self-healing hydrogels, which are composed of a hierarchical structure including ionic bonds, transient and permanent polymer networks, and bicontinuous hard/soft phase networks. By tuning the hierarchical structures and dynamic mechanical behavior using physical (changing salt concentrations and performing cyclic training) and chemical strategies (applying different monomers and varied crosslinker contents), it was revealed that the tensile and fracture behavior of the gels are mainly determined by the rheology response, while the delayed fatigue fracture is dominated by the phase-separated structure. Additionally, general principles for the design of next-generation tough and fatigue-resistant soft materials are proposed. The achievements have been published in Nature Reviews Materials, Sci. Adv., Macromolecules, and J. Mech. Phys. Solids.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

This study reveals the relationship between the microscopic structures,rheological response and mechanical performance, and proposes general principles for the design of next-generation tough and fatigue-resistant soft materials.

Report

(2 results)
  • 2023 Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2022 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (6 results)

All 2023 2022

All Journal Article (1 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Peer Reviewed: 1 results,  Open Access: 1 results) Presentation (5 results)

  • [Journal Article] Effect of Salt on Dynamic Mechanical Behaviors of Polyampholyte Hydrogels2022

    • Author(s)
      Li Xueyu、Luo Feng、Sun Tao Lin、Cui Kunpeng、Watanabe Reina、Nakajima Tasuku、Gong Jian Ping
    • Journal Title

      Macromolecules

      Volume: 56 Issue: 2 Pages: 535-544

    • DOI

      10.1021/acs.macromol.2c02003

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 丈夫で自己修復するポリアンフォライトゲルの構造と物性に影響を及ぼすイオン結合強度の効果2023

    • Author(s)
      土洞春菜、叶 亜楠、崔 昆朋、李 薛宇、グン 剣萍、黒川孝幸
    • Organizer
      第34回高分子ゲル研究討論会
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Mesoscale Bicontinuous Networks in Self-healing Hydrogels Delay Fatigue Fracture2022

    • Author(s)
      Xueyu Li、Kunpeng Cui、Costantino Creton、Takayuki Kurokawa、Jian Ping Gong
    • Organizer
      2022年度北海道高分子若手研究会・37th Summer University in Hokkaido
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Role of dynamic bonds on fatigue fracture of self-healing hydrogels2022

    • Author(s)
      Xueyu Li、Jian Ping Gong
    • Organizer
      第71回高分子討論会
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Anisotropic Hybrid Polyelectrolyte Hydrogels Based on Inorganic Nanosheet Liquid Crystal2022

    • Author(s)
      Wenqi Yang, Xueyu Li, Kunpeng Cui, Nobuyoshi Miyamoto, Taolin Sun, Tasuku Nakajima, Jian Ping Gong
    • Organizer
      第71回高分子討論会
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Fatigue fracture of tough hydrogel with lamellar bilayer structure2022

    • Author(s)
      Most Laboni Begum, Milena Lama, Xueyu Li, Md. Anamul Haque, Jian Ping Gong
    • Organizer
      第71回高分子討論会
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report

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Published: 2022-09-01   Modified: 2025-01-30  

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