We recently reported the electrophoretic adhesion of oppositely charged hydrogels. Adhesion of hydrogels was achieved through the formation of polyion complex at the interface of the two hydrogels by electric field impression. To apply this electrophoretic adhesion of hydrogels to building materials, the rapid fabrication of hydrogel constructs will be achieved by electric field impression to a precursor. We prepared a reconstructible hydrogel composed of oppositely charged microbeads by the electrophoretic adhesion of the microbeads to each other.

Preparation of reconstructible hydrogels by electrophoretic microbead adhesion

245th National Meeting (2013)

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