Synthesis of dextrin-polyacrylamide and boric acid based tough and transparent, self-healing, superabsorbent film

Abstract

Stretchabiliy, transparency and self-healing ability of bio-based materials are some of the important features for their utilization in the biomedical field. Recently, robust self-healing super porous materials possessing multifunctional nature have raised enormous interest among the researchers in order to design different materials which can be used in industrial, biomedical and pharmaceutical fields. Herein, a novel self-healing, stretchable and transparent superabsorbent film based on Dextrin-polyacrylamide and Boric Acid (DEX-cl-polyAAm) was synthesized using a free radical reaction mechanism. In distilled water, the maximum water absorptivity of the synthesized film was reported to be 3156% after the optimization of various reaction parameters. The film was also found to show structural integrity in urea solution, phosphate buffer and solutions of different pH. Lastly, the viscoelastic and self-healing analysis of the film suggested its utility towards biomedical field.