利用聚合物分子链和多价阳离子间的超分子自组装,一步法制备了新型导电聚合物水凝胶。在静置的反应条件下,凝胶化过程和聚合过程同时进行,多价阳离子起到聚合氧化剂和离子交联剂的双重功效。得到的水凝胶材料本质上是一种"半互穿网络型"凝胶,具有伸展的分子链构象和可调控的微观形貌,并在纳米尺度上发生相分离。对静置的反应条件进行分析,对材料的凝胶化机理进行研究,并讨论了超分子自组装法制备导电聚合物水凝胶的普适性。通过系统研究得到优化的实验条件,制备了具有自增强功能的导电聚合物水凝胶,材料自增强功能的实现与其均匀的微观结构和相结构密切相关。
Conducting polymer hydrogels have been synthesized through a one-step procedure via the supramolecular self-assembly between polymers and multivalent cations.In a static condition,the gelation process happens simultaneously with the polymerization process with the multivalent cations acting as both the oxidant and the ionic crosslinker.As-prepared hydrogels,which are originally a semi-interpenetrating polymer network(semi-IPN) hydrogels,exhibit expanded-coil conformation in polymer chains,possess controllable microstructure and phase-separate at nanometer scale.The function of the static condition is analysed,and the gelation mechanism is studied.Such a supramolecular self-assembly method is proved to be versatile for the fabrication of conducting polymer hydrogels.Also the fabrication condition is modulated based on systematical researches,and PEDOT-PSS hydrogels with self-strengthening functions are prepared.The self-strengthening mechanism is demonstrated to be in close relationship with the microstructure and the phase structure of the materials.