Lili Zhang, Yanru Liu, Hui Liu*, Yanan Zhu, Shengsheng Yu, Ling-Bao Xing*, Shuanhong Ma and Feng Zhou,
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Abstract
The advancement of functional stimulus-responsive materials is highly important for achieving bionic artificial intelligence. Nevertheless, it is difficult to fabricate hydrogels that exhibit both fluorescence brightness and shape variation simultaneously in response to various stimuli. This work presents the design of a fluorescent hydrogel that responds to stimuli in a layered and asymmetric manner. The pH response layer consists of poly(acrylamide-sodium methacrylate) [P(AAm-NaMA)], while the T response layer consists of poly(acrylamide-N-isopropylacrylamide) [P(AAm-NIPAM)]. Furthermore, the hydrogel matrix contains a water-soluble polymer, tetraphenylethylene-3-sulfopropyl methacrylate potassium salt (TPE-PSPMA) with aggregation-induced emission (AIE). At strong acidic pH, the protonation of PNaMA chains leads to dehydration and shrinkage of the hydrogel network, resulting in hydrogel deformation toward the side of P(AAm-NaMA). When T is higher than lower critical solution temperature (LCST), PNIPAM has intramolecular interaction, causing the network to lose water and shrink, and then the hydrogel bends backward. Furthermore, the hydrogel network contracts when exposed to T or pH, which restricts the internal rotation and vibration of the TPE-PSPMA molecules. As a result, the hydrogel exhibits an AIE effect, leading to a shift in the fluorescence intensity. This finding offers valuable insights for the development of intelligent systems and holds significant potential for applications in the domains of soft robotics and smart wearable devices.
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ACS Applied Polymer Materials is an interdisciplinary journal publishing original research covering all aspects of engineering, chemistry, physics, and biology relevant to applications of polymers.
The journal is devoted to reports of new and original experimental and theoretical research of an applied nature that integrates fundamental knowledge in the areas of materials, engineering, physics, bioscience, polymer science and chemistry into important polymer applications. The journal is specifically interested in work that addresses relationships among structure, processing, morphology, chemistry, properties, and function as well as work that provide insights into mechanisms critical to the performance of the polymer for applications.