Title :

Supramolecular Hydrogels with Tunable Swelling by Host Complexation with Cyclobis(paraquat-p-phenylene)

Author(s) :

Belal, Khaled [Auteur]
Unité Matériaux et Transformations - UMR 8207 [UMET]
Stoffelbach, François [Auteur]
Institut Parisien de Chimie Moléculaire [IPCM]
Hourdet, Dominique [Auteur]
Marcellan, Alba [Auteur]
Lyskawa, Joel [Auteur]
174496|||Unité Matériaux et Transformations - UMR 8207 [UMET]
De Smet, Lieselot [Auteur]
Universiteit Gent = Ghent University = Université de Gand [UGENT]
Vebr, Aurelien [Auteur]
Unité Matériaux et Transformations - UMR 8207 [UMET]
Potier, Jonathan [Auteur]
174496|||Unité Matériaux et Transformations - UMR 8207 [UMET]
Cooke, Graeme [Auteur]

Hoogenboom, Richard [Auteur]
Universiteit Gent = Ghent University = Université de Gand [UGENT]
Woisel, Patrice [Auteur]
174496|||Unité Matériaux et Transformations - UMR 8207 [UMET]

Journal title :

Macromolecules

Abbreviated title :

Macromolecules

Volume number :

54

Pages :

1926-1933

Publisher :

American Chemical Society (ACS)

Publication date :

2021-02-03

ISSN :

0024-9297

English keyword(s) :

Hydrocarbons
Absorption
Aromatic compounds
Complexation
Hydrogels

HAL domain(s) :

Chimie/Matériaux
Chimie/Polymères

English abstract : [en]

Controlling the swelling properties of hydrogels is of primary importance for many applications ranging from actuators and valves to tissue engineering and drug delivery. Herein, we report the use of cyclobis(paraquat-p-phenylene) ...
Show more >Controlling the swelling properties of hydrogels is of primary importance for many applications ranging from actuators and valves to tissue engineering and drug delivery. Herein, we report the use of cyclobis(paraquat-p-phenylene) (CBPQT4+,4X–) as a versatile host to fine-tune the swelling behavior of 1,5-dialkyloxynaphthalene guest containing poly(N,N-dimethylacrylamide) hydrogels (NaphtGelz) through supramolecular host–guest complexation. While the equilibrium swelling of NaphtGelz in water decreases with increasing amount of hydrophobic naphthalene groups, the opposite behavior is observed with superabsorbing behavior (up to 180 times their initial dry mass) upon immersion in aqueous solutions containing the macrocyclic CBPQT4+,4X– due to formation of tetracationic host–guest complexes. In this case, the swelling amplitude could be conveniently programmed either by variation of the naphthalene content of the hydrogels or by controlling the stoichiometry of the host–guest binding events. Furthermore, by modifying the nature of the counterions (X = Cl–, Br–, and I–) of the tetracationic CBPQT4+ macrocyclic host, the swelling of the hydrogels could be tuned in line with Pearson’s absolute hardness scale of X–. The swelling behavior of these supramolecular hydrogels could be successfully described by a theoretical model, taking into account the hydrophobic association of the naphthalene groups and their screening by host–guest complexation. Finally, addition of sodium dodecyl sulfate as a surfactant to the supramolecularly swollen hydrogels led to a large decrease in hydrogel size due to dissociation of the host–guest complexes and the formation of CBPQT4+,4DS– within the hydrogel.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

Peer reviewed article :

Oui

Audience :

Internationale

Popular science :

Non

Administrative institution(s) :

Université de Lille
CNRS
INRA
ENSCL

Collections :

• Unité Matériaux et Transformations (UMET) - UMR 8207

Research team(s) :

Ingénierie des Systèmes Polymères

Submission date :

2021-03-31T13:28:57Z
2021-04-15T12:06:25Z
2023-12-22T10:24:01Z