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Flower-like Photonic Hydrogel with Superstructure Induced via Modulated Shear Field
| Title: | Flower-like Photonic Hydrogel with Superstructure Induced via Modulated Shear Field |
| Authors: | Ye, Ya Nan Browse this author | | Haque, Md Anamul Browse this author | | Inoue, Akane Browse this author | | Katsuyama, Yoshinori Browse this author | | Kurokawa, Takayuki Browse this author →KAKEN DB | | Gong, Jian Ping Browse this author →KAKEN DB |
| Issue Date: | 15-Jun-2021 |
| Publisher: | American Chemical Society(ACS) |
| Journal Title: | ACS Macro Letters |
| Volume: | 10 |
| Issue: | 6 |
| Start Page: | 708 |
| End Page: | 713 |
| Publisher DOI: | 10.1021/acsmacrolett.1c00178 |
| Abstract: | Biological tissues usually have complex superstructures and elaborated functionalities. However, creating superstructures in soft and wet hydrogels is challenging because of the absence of effective approaches to control the molecular orientation. Here we introduce a method to create superstructures in photonic hydrogels comprising lamellar bilayers intercalated in the cross-linked polymer network. The orientation of lamellar bilayers in the photonic gel, which are sensitive to shear, is modulated by applying a gradient shear field on the precursor solution using a customized rheometer. The difference in orientation of lamellar bilayers leads to swelling mismatch in the radial direction, endowing the disk-shape hydrogel with a macroscopic flower-like shape with a central dome and an edge petal, along with a bright photonic color. By characterization of the swelling anisotropy of the radial profile, the shear rate required for the unidirectional orientation of lamellar bilayers was extracted. Moreover, a delayed polymerization experiment was designed to measure the lifetime of aligned lamellar bilayers, which reveals the domain size of lamellar bilayers in the precursor solution. Furthermore, we also demonstrated that the hydrogel flowers could fade and rebloom reversibly in response to external stimuli. This work presents a strategy to develop superstructures in hydrogels and sheds light on designing biomimetic materials with intricately architectural superstructure. |
| Rights: | This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in ACS Macro Letters, copyright c American Chemical Society after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see [insert ACS Articles on Request author-directed link to Published Work, see https://pubs.acs.org/articlesonrequest/AOR-8Y8DFPQUF94XQFYWWM3S. |
| Type: | article (author version) |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2115/85885 |
| Appears in Collections: | 生命科学院・先端生命科学研究院 (Graduate School of Life Science / Faculty of Advanced Life Science) > 雑誌発表論文等 (Peer-reviewed Journal Articles, etc)
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Submitter: 龔 剣萍 (Gong Jian Ping)
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