Nowadays,
stretchable self-healing hydrogels designed by biomass-based
materials have gathered remarkable attention in numerous frontier
fields such as wound healing, health monitoring issues, and electronic
skin. In this study, soy protein isolate (SPI), a common plant protein,
was cross-linked to nanoparticles (SPI NPs) by Genipin, (Gen) which
was attracted from the native Geniposide. Oil-in-water (O/W) Pickering
emulsion was formed by SPI NPs wrapping the linseed oil, and further
implanted into poly(acrylic acid)/guar gum (PAA/GG)-based self-healing
hydrogels by multiple reversible weak interactions. With the addition
of Pickering emulsion, the hydrogels have achieved a remarkable self-healing
ability (self-healing efficiency could reach 91.6% within 10 h) and
mechanical properties (tensile strength of 0.89 MPa and strain of
853.2%). Therefore, these hydrogels with good reliable durability
have outstanding application prospects in sustainable materials.
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