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A β-cyclodextrin/graphene oxide hybrid gel with smart responsiveness

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Even through gels based on the polymer modified with β-cyclodextrin have been researched widely, there are only few studies focus on gels based on β-cyclodextrin directly. In this study, we report a novel smart responsive β-cyclodextrin/graphene oxide hybrid gel. Graphene oxide can be loaded into the network of β-cyclodextrin gel successfully by co-assembly method, which can be supported by transmission electron microscope and scanning electron microscope. Hydrogen bonding is the main driving force in gel formation from fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction analysis. More interesting is that β-cyclodextrin/graphene oxide hybrid gel can respond to multiple stimuli sensitively. The change of temperature can induce the formation and deformation of gel reversibly. Besides, gel will collapse with the addition of different metal ions including Na+, K+, Zn2+, Ba2+ and Fe3+. Hence, this composite gel is a smart responsive material, may have great potential applications in intelligent material fields.

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In this study, we report a novel smart responsive β-cyclodextrin/graphene oxide hybrid gel. Graphene oxide can be loaded into the network of β-cyclodextrin gel successfully by co-assembly method, which can be supported by transmission electron microscope and scanning electron microscope. Hydrogen bonding is the main driving force in gel formation from fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction analysis. More interesting is that β-cyclodextrin/graphene oxide hybrid gel can respond to multiple stimuli sensitively. The change of temperature can induce the formation and deformation of gel reversibly. Besides, gel will collapse with the addition of different metal ions including Na+, K+, Zn2+, Ba2+ and Fe3+. Hence, this composite gel is a smart responsive material, may have great potential applications in intelligent material fields.

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Acknowledgements

We greatly acknowledge financial support by Shandong Provincial Natural Science Foundation (NO. ZR2019PB006), NSFC Cultivation Project of Jining Medical University (NO. JYP2018KJ12), the PhD Start-up Scientific Research Foundation of Jining Medical University (NO. 2017JYQD03; 2017JYQD14), Supporting Fund for Teacher’s Research of Jining Medical University (JYFC2018KJ045).

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    Mingfang Ma, Zirui He, Shumin Zhou, Xuyan Liu, Min Zhao & Xinyan Wang

  2. Medical College, Jining Medical University, Jining, 272067, People’s Republic of China

    Huan Liu

  3. Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Chemistry of Ministry of Education & School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, People’s Republic of China

    Aiyou Hao

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Ma, M., He, Z., Zhou, S. et al. A β-cyclodextrin/graphene oxide hybrid gel with smart responsiveness. J Incl Phenom Macrocycl Chem 102, 109–116 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10847-021-01106-1

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