Self-healing polymeric ionic liquid hydrogels with high mechanical strength and ionic conductivity

The poor mechanical properties of self-healing hydrogels limited their applications in the fields of biomedicine and industry. Here, a series of self-healing polymeric ionic liquid (PIL) hydrogels with high mechanical strength and electrical conductivity were prepared through hydrophobic association. Hydrophilic monomer vinyl ionic liquids (VILs) based on choline and amino acids, acrylamide (AAm) and hydrophobic monomers stearyl methacrylate...