Facile Fabrication, Structures, and Properties of Laser-Marked Polyacrylamide/Bi2O3 Hydrogels

Zheng Cao, Yanchao Hu, Qiang Yu, Ying Lu, Dun Wu, An Zhou, Wenzhong Ma, Yanping Xia, Chunlin Liu*, Katja Loos

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Abstract

Laser marking of wet and soft polyacrylamide/bismuth oxide (PAM/Bi2O3) hydrogel materials can be achieved by simply embedding Bi2O3 particles inside PAM hydrogels and a subsequent laser treatment with a Nd: YAG laser beam at 1064nm. In comparison with the pure hydrogel, the marking properties of the laser-marked PAM/Bi2O3 hydrogel samples vary as the Bi2O3 content increase from 0.17 to 3.0wt% and as the laser power increase from 23.5 to 47.0 W. SEM, XPS, XRD, TGA, Raman spectroscopy, water contact angle and mechanical property tests are performed to characterize the laser-marked PAM/Bi2O3 hydrogels. The results herein indicate that the marking contrast and visual appearance on the surface of the PAM/Bi2O3 hydrogels after laser irradiation are mainly due to the decomposition of Bi2O3 to black bismuth metal.

Original languageEnglish
Article number1600826
Number of pages10
JournalAdvanced materials
Volume19
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - May-2017

Keywords

  • THIN-FILMS
  • POLYMERIZATION
  • POLYMERS
  • MEDICINE
  • PIGMENTS
  • BIOLOGY
  • SURFACE
  • ROBUST

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