A tough, anti-freezing, and low-dehydration rate gelatin hydrogel with inverse temperature-dependent ionic conductivity
Aiman Saeed, Syed Farrukh Alam Zaidi, Junyoung Mun, Hyung Koun Cho, Seung‐Boo Jung, Nae‐Eung Lee, Chun Gwon Park, Jung Heon Lee
Abstract
By using Cit 3− and Cl − salts together in a gelatin hydrogel, an inverse temperature-dependent ionic conductivity behavior was observed. The developed hydrogel II exhibited excellent mechanical toughness, freezing tolerance and low dehydration rate.
Topics & Concepts
GelatinMaterials scienceDehydrationIonic conductivityConductivityChemical engineeringIonic bondingInverse temperatureInverseToughnessSelf-healing hydrogelsComposite materialPolymer chemistryIonElectrolyteThermodynamicsOrganic chemistryPhysical chemistryChemistryBiochemistryElectrodePhysicsMathematicsEngineeringGeometryAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsHydrogels: synthesis, properties, applicationsConducting polymers and applications