Bio-based hydrogels induced by salts

Pei Zhang; Yaoyu Yin; Xing Tong; Peng Chen; Zhuosen He; Zhihong Li; Baocai Xu; Ce Wang; Xinchen Kang; Buxing Han

doi:10.1039/d4cc04162c

Bio-based hydrogels induced by salts

Chem Commun (Camb). 2024 Oct 15;60(83):11960-11963. doi: 10.1039/d4cc04162c.

Authors

Pei Zhang¹, Yaoyu Yin^{1

2}, Xing Tong^{1

2}, Peng Chen^{1

2}, Zhuosen He¹, Zhihong Li³, Baocai Xu⁴, Ce Wang⁴, Xinchen Kang^{1

2}, Buxing Han^{1

2

5}

Affiliations

¹ Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface and Thermodynamics, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Center for Carbon Neutral Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, 100190, China. kangxinchen@iccas.ac.cn.
² School of Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
³ Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.
⁴ Beijing Technology and Business University, School of Light Industry Science and Engineering, 100048, China.
⁵ Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes, State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Molecular & Process Engineering, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University Shanghai, 200062, China.

PMID: 39352228
DOI: 10.1039/d4cc04162c

Abstract

In this study, we introduce a salt-responsive hydrogel system utilizing a sugar-derived surfactant featuring a polyhydroxy spacer in its headgroup. The inclusion of salts enhances and organizes the intermolecular hydrogen bonding within the hydrophilic region of the polyhydroxy spacer, promoting cross-linking among surfactant molecules.