Abstract
In order to form robust hydrogels based on a combination of ionic and hydrophobic interactions, we designed diblock polymers with sodium sulfonate units based on thiol-ene addition to poly(styrene-b-allylglycidylether) and triblock polymers with guanidinium hydrocholoride units based on thiol-ene addition to poly(allylglycidyl ether-b-ethylene oxide-ballylglycidylether). Significantly, combination of these two polymers successfully afforded robust hydrogels at 80 wt% water content retaining its shape even when the mole fraction of ionic charge was varied.
