The invention relates to a preparation method of
temperature response macromolecular gelatinous fibre material and products thereof, which can be applied on artificial muscles.
Temperature response gelatinous fibre is produced by the mutual penetrating mixture of poly (N-isopropylacrylamide) and
polyvinyl alcohol by a wet
spinning process. The poly (N-isopropylacrylamide) and the
polyvinyl alcohol are respectively 5 percent to 25percent by weight percent. The preparation method comprises the following three steps: 1, utilizing an in-situ
polymerization method to polymerize the poly (N-isopropylacrylamide) in a
polyvinyl alcohol water
solution system, and preparing polyvinyl
alcohol / poly (N-isopropylacrylamide)
spinning solution; 2, taking saturation
ammonium persulfate solution as coagulating bath, and utilizing the wet
spinning process to prepare polyvinyl
alcohol / poly (N-isopropylacrylamide) primary gelatinous fibre; and 3, carrying out vacuum heat treatment on the primary gelatinous fibre, and improving the
heat resistance and
structural stability of the primary gelatinous fibre. Compared with the traditional
temperature response gelatinous fibre, the polyvinyl
alcohol / poly (N-isopropylacrylamide) primary gelatinous fibre of the invention has good strength,
rapid response speed, good
biocompatibility, and wide application prospect on the artificial muscles and other biological fields.