High toughness and strong electromagnetic shielding properties of PAM/PEG dual network hydrogels

Kunlan Diao; Yuhuan Xu; Jingyu Du; Teng Zhou; Xiao Zhan; Daohai Zhang; Xiaosi Qi; Shuhao Qin

doi:10.1007/s12613-024-3012-7

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International Journal of Minerals, Metallurgy and Materials > 2025 > 32(3): 747-755. > DOI: 10.1007/s12613-024-3012-7

Kunlan Diao, Yuhuan Xu, Jingyu Du, Teng Zhou, Xiao Zhan, Daohai Zhang, Xiaosi Qi, and Shuhao Qin, High toughness and strong electromagnetic shielding properties of PAM/PEG dual network hydrogels, Int. J. Miner. Metall. Mater., 32(2025), No. 3, pp.747-755. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12613-024-3012-7

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High toughness and strong electromagnetic shielding properties of PAM/PEG dual network hydrogels

Kunlan Diao¹⁾,
Yuhuan Xu¹⁾,
Jingyu Du¹⁾,
Teng Zhou¹⁾,
Xiao Zhan¹⁾,
Daohai Zhang^1), ,,
Xiaosi Qi^2), , and
Shuhao Qin^3), ,

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1)
School of Chemical Engineering, Guizhou Minzu University, Guiyang 550025, China
2)
College of Physics, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
3)
National Engineering Research Center for Compounding and Modification of Polymer Materials, Guiyang 550014, China

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Daohai Zhang E-mail: zhangdaohai6235@163.com

Xiaosi Qi E-mail: xsqi@gzu.edu.cn

Shuhao Qin E-mail: qinshuhao@126.com
Received: 11 June 2024; Revised: 11 September 2024; Accepted: 17 September 2024; Available Online: 18 September 2024

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With the wide application of electromagnetic wave, a high performance electromagnetic shielding material is urgently needed to solve the harm caused by electromagnetic wave. Complete cross-linking strategy is adopted in this paper. Polyacrylamide (PAM) was synthesized by in-situ polymerization of acrylamide (AM) monomer. The obtained PAM was blended with polyethylene glycol (PEG) to prepare PAM/PEG hydrogels and form rigid support structures. Subsequently, the modified carbon nanotubes (S-CNTs) were incorporated into sodium alginate (SA) and PAM/PEG. Finally, Na⁺ was used to trigger SA self-assembly, which significantly improved the mechanical properties and electrical conductivity of the hydrogels, and prepared PAM/PEG/SA/S-CNTs-Na hydrogels with high toughness and strong electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding efficiency (SE). The results showed that the compressive strength of PAM/PEG/SA/S-CNTs-Na hydrogel was 19.05 MPa, which was 7.69% higher than that of PAM/PEG hydrogel (17.69 MPa). More encouraging, the average EMI SE of PAM/PEG/SA/S-CNTs-Na hydrogels at a thickness of only 3 mm and a CNTs content of 16.53wt% was 32.92 dB, which is 113.21% higher than that of PAM/PEG hydrogels (15.44 dB).
- polyacrylamide,
- polyethylene glycol,
- sodium alginate,
- carbon nanotubes,
- electromagnetic shielding

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This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 52163001), the Guizhou Provincial Science and Technology Program Project Grant, China (Qiankehe Platform Talents-CXTD [2021]005, Qiankehe Platform Talents-GCC [2022]010-1, Qiankehe Fuqi [2023]001, Qiankehe Platform Talents-GCC [2023]035, and Qiankehe Platform Talents-CXTD [2023]003), the Guizhou Minzu University Research Platform Grant, China (No. GZMUGCZX [2021]01), the Central Guided Local Science and Technology Development Funds Project, China (Qiankehe Zhong Yindi [2023]035), the Green Chemistry and Resource Environment Innovation Team of Guizhou Higher Education Institutions, China (Guizhou Education and Technology [2022]No. 13), and the Doctor Startup Fund of Guizhou Minzu University, China (No. GZMUZK [2024]QD77).

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